{"id":6552,"date":"2022-10-17T16:51:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T16:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2022-10-17T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T16:51:41","slug":"aldi-introduces-cardboard-porridge-pots-in-supermarket-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/aldi-introduces-cardboard-porridge-pots-in-supermarket-first\/","title":{"rendered":"ALDI INTRODUCES CARDBOARD PORRIDGE POTS IN SUPERMARKET FIRST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aldi is moving to cardboard packaging for its own-brand porridge pots in a bid to further reduce plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move will see the supermarket introduce fully recyclable, card-based porridge pots, saving an estimated 175 tonnes of plastic going onto the market each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aldi is the first supermarket to make the change, with the new porridge pots set to be available in all its UK stores in early 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the latest in Aldi\u2019s commitment to reduce and remove unnecessary plastic from its products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other changes this year include the removal of plastic shrink wrap on its bean multipacks and ditching single-use plastic from its own brand wipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Gorman, Plastics and Packaging Director at Aldi, said:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cMoving to card for our porridge pots is yet another step forward in our commitment to reducing the use of plastic across our products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know how important protecting the environment is to our customers, which is why we are committed to making changes like this that help make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aldi is moving to cardboard packaging for its own-brand porridge pots in a bid to further reduce plastic waste. The move will see the supermarket introduce fully recyclable, card-based porridge pots, saving an estimated 175 tonnes of plastic going onto the market each year. Aldi is the first supermarket to make the change, with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[127],"class_list":{"0":"post-6552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corrugated-folding-carton","8":"tag-aldi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6554,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6552\/revisions\/6554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}