🗓 Today is Plastic Overshoot Day.
🥤 What does this mean? This year, today (5th September) is the point at which the amount of plastic surpasses the world's ability to manage it effectively.
🔧 Can we fix it? Yes we can! There are real world solutions that are really working, like our reusables solution with Ocado (see pasta action shot above!).
🤝 What's next? By collaborating across the value chain within an industry, real change is possible. Our latest work on 'A 30% Reuse Future for the UK' looks at how this is possible for grocery retail in the UK. Find out more on our website!
Plastic packaging helps move food and products throughout the world, but unfortunately it comes with never-ending costs to the planet and our health. 40% of toxic single-use plastic produced today is used to make packaging, so investing in and scaling up reuse systems is key in solving the plastic pollution crisis.
In 2024, @Unpackaged studied just how this can be done, and what the real-world benefits are, both economically and environmentally. In their study, they found that:
🔄 $ Hundreds of Millions in Savings: Reuse at scale for the UK’s grocery retail market can deliver £314m - £577m (12-22%) savings per year in end-to-end system costs.
🔄 Pollution Reduction: A 95% reduction in C02e emissions, materials and waste, for the products in scope, compared to the single-use status quo.
💡But how do we know which the right products, categories, and use cases are for reuse? What infrastructure changes are needed to achieve 30% reuse market share, with a 97% return rate?
📘 In @plasticpollutes ’ latest guest blog by GoUnpackaged, we explore these questions and more when it comes to scaling reusable systems.
Read it via @plasticpollutes LINK IN BIO & let’s continue to shine light on plastic-free solutions.
#PlasticPollutes #PlasticFreeSolutions #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Reuse
Plastic Free July is here—a month long global movement to spread awareness and rally around solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.
🤝 Join us in taking action this month with Plastic Pollution Coalition:
💚 Learn about the latest health research
🌱 Embrace plastic-Free principles (when you can)
🔧 Take action to change systems
🖊 Document your journey 🐢 Learn how in their latest blog. https://bit.ly/40wlx8s
#PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic #PlasticFreeJuly
Excited to announce that our data-driven research on a 30%+ Reuse Future for the UK is live!
Thanks to everyone who came down to hear the results yesterday @theroyalsociety , and celebrate the launch with us!
Read the report now by visiting /infrastructure-modelling
💢 LAUNCHING NEXT WEEK!
🌎 We're very excited to be launching our latest research, which offers a data-driven view of how to achieve a 30% reuse target for grocery retail.
🎤 The report link will be shared on our website on Tuesday 24th June, and if you'd like to know more and here from our advisory panel, please join us for a webinar on Thursday 3rd July.
📝 Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tnC_BrjtRtW1nFE5Fq8zow#/registration
🎤 We're very excited to be sharing the results of our Reuse Infrastructure Modelling work at Environmental Packaging Live 2025!
🌎 The panel will give a first look at the results from our modelling work looking at the reuse infrastructure required (packaging, collection, washing, logistics) for reuse to work at scale for the UK grocery retail market.
We will cover:
🟢 An overview of the project & key value chain stakeholders supporting the work
🟢 How the model works & key assumptions made
🟢 Optimum categories to switch to reuse
🟢 The best scenarios for reuse to work and why
🟢 System impacts across key metrics - costs, emissions & waste reduction
🟢 Early stage transition planning - how might we get to the scaled reuse scenarios outlined, what is needed from government, industry & consumers
🎟 If you'd like to come and don't have a ticket yet, head to the Environmental Packaging Live site and use code EPL20LIMITED for 20% off your ticket!
🗓 Webinar Details
Date: Thursday 3rd July 2025
Time: 2pm - 3pm GMT
📋 Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tnC_BrjtRtW1nFE5Fq8zow#/registration
📝 Our latest research offers a data-driven view of how to achieve a 30% reuse target for UK grocery retail, across different product categories and reuse scenarios, with clear commercial and environmental benefits.
✅️ Join the GoUnpackaged team, and members of the Advisory Panel (full panel includes Tesco, Ocado, Berry, Suez, Biffa, CHEP, Ecosurety, Reath, DEFRA, WRAP, Innovate UK and WWF) as we present the results and discuss the next steps for industry and government to work together and drive the transition to reuse!
Thank you to the Reuse Economy Expo for having us! 💚 We delivered a presentation on our exciting new infrastructure work, looking at what is required to scale reuse. And joined a fabulous panel to discuss international experiences 🌎
Until next year!
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#reseauvrac
#CircularEconomy
We're pleased to share The Refill Coalition Trials: Key Learnings for Industry report.
The Refill Coalition project successfully demonstrated that these circular concepts can excite and engage shoppers - demonstrated with maximum sales shares on a given week of 57% for in-store and 43% for online - while meaningfully reducing packaging waste and carbon footprint, without disrupting operations. The trials proved out a range of commercial, operational, customer and environmental KPIs which the Coalition is excited to share with industry to move the reuse sector forwards.
To read more results, please download our trial learnings report and the full independent Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
/refill-coalition
The Refill Coalition Trial Learnings Webinar
Join our webinar on Wednesday 30th April at 12pm GMT to hear from our brilliant panel, Laura Fernandez, Luke Emery, Michael Archer, Simon Hann Catherine Conway and Rob Spencer.
Register now to gain early access to the Refill Coalition online and in-store reuse and refill trial results. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KwjbcNWPSf6Cl-e7sHvcGA#/registration
We look forward to seeing you there.
Join us on Wednesday 30th April for an exclusive webinar, providing an early view of the trial results and key learnings from our Refill Coalition trials.
We’ll explore the commercial, operational, environmental and customer impacts of the trial, alongside a panel discussion with key Refill Coalition partners: Ocado Retail, Aldi, CHEP and GoUnpackaged. Also joining the panel will be independent specialists Eunomia Research and Consulting who conducted the independent Life Cycle Analysis.
What’s more, all attendees will get early access to the full White Paper and LCA report which will be published after the webinar.
Spaces are limited, so click on the link below to book now to secure your space.
We look forward to seeing you there.
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KwjbcNWPSf6Cl-e7sHvcGA#/registration
What a brilliant day! Thank you @citytosea_ for putting on an inspiring and educational agenda for The Global Reuse Summit.
Our panel 'Unlocking Reuse at Scale' discussed some key themes on scaling reuse, with our infrastructure modelling work playing a key part. Thanks so much to Tesco, WRAP, Suez and Biffa for joining us! 💚🌍
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#globalreusesummit2025
