Foodstuffs serves up reuse trial with Bonson as Govt backtracks on plastic policy

Foodstuffs serves up reuse trial with Bonson as Govt backtracks on plastic policy
Foodstuffs sustainable packaging programme manager Debra Goulding says reuse is tricky in supermarkets. (Image: Foodstuffs)
Cécile Meier
Foodstuffs is rolling out a trial in six stores to see if shoppers will embrace reusable plastic deli containers.Auckland manufacturer Bonson Industrial has received $329,725 from the Ministry for the Environment's now-defunct Plastics Innovation Fund to pilot the service.Customers will be able to “tap to borrow” a polypropylene container at the deli counter and return it via a smart bin within four weeks. The containers are free to borrow, and Bonson estimates each could be reused up to 50 times. If customers fail to retur...

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