A 'world-first' retail experiment involving a supermarket aisle free of plastic has been launched in Amsterdam.
More than 700 products are now available without plastic packaging in the aisle, which has been set up in a new metro-sized pilot store of supermarket chain Ekoplaza.
The products include meat, rice, sauces, dairy, chocolate, cereals, fruit and vegetables.
The environmental campaign group behind the idea, A Plastic Planet, said the aisle was a “landmark moment” in the global fight against plastic pollution.
Co-founder Sian Sutherland has called for more supermarkets globally to follow Ekoplaza’s lead.
Iceland has pledged to go plastic-free on all its own-brand packaging by 2023, and in the Netherlands, Ekoplaza will roll out plastic-free aisles across its 74 branches by the end of this year.
The aisle will be used to test out new compostable bio-materials, as well as using traditional materials including glass, metal and cardboard, the scheme’s backers said.
Goods within the aisle will carry the Plastic Free Mark, a label introduced by A Plastic Planet to help shoppers identify products that are free of plastic packaging.
