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Coles defends ‘irresponsible’ move after plastic pledge – Yahoo News Australia
On the day it committed to reducing plastic waste by 2025, Coles moved to counteract a shopper’s claims the supermarket was ‘destroying the planet’.
Coles has defended the use of plastic packaging in its stores the same day it pledged to significantly reduce its plastic waste in the coming years.
On Tuesday, the supermarket giant, alongside rivals Woolworths and Aldi, was among a raft of companies to commit to the Plastic Pact, which will see them commit to making all their plastics recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025.
And just hours after news broke of the positive step forward, the supermarket responded to a customer’s complaint about…
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