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To: Ocado group plc
Ocado: Ditch the plastic bag
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Phase out single-use plastic carrier bags shifting instead to more sustainable alternatives.
Why is this important?
In 2024, single-use plastic bag sales in England rose for the first time since the carrier bag levy was introduced in 2015 - a 7% increase, reaching 437 million bags. Shockingly, Ocado alone was responsible for 221 million of them, 30 million more than in 2023 - and the highest figure of any other supermarket.
Although Ocado points to its “closed-loop” system, with the majority of bags collected from customers, these bags are not reused but only recycled. Recycling still requires a LOT of energy and generates more pollution - and the better option is to just stop making them at all.
Ocado must act urgently and responsibly: phasing out single-use plastic carrier bags, investing in truly reusable alternatives, and reversing this troubling upward trend in plastic waste. Customers want solutions - not excuses.
