Sainsbury's aims to clean up waste with new cardboard laundry detergent packaging

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Sainsbury's aims to clean up waste with new cardboard laundry detergent packaging

Supermarket said new packaging reduces amount of plastic used by 80 per cent and could reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent

Sainsbury's has this morning unveiled new cardboard packaging for all its own-brand liquid laundry detergent, which the supermarket has estimated could save around 22 tonnes of plastic waste ever year....

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