Wellness and beauty retailer Holland & Barrett is seeking to shed 200 tonnes of plastic a year by re-launching its entire own-brand vitamin range (including beauty supplements) in a new more-sustainable packaging format.<\/p>\n
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The move will see the weight of all own-brand vitamin packaging, including beauty and wellness gummies, reduced to contain 20% less plastic.<\/p>\n
The retailer will also introduce new, smaller bottle sizes and has committed to only use plastic that contains a minimum of 80% recycled material.<\/strong><\/p>\n The plastic wrapping on caps will also be removed and despite already using PET, the most widely recycled plastic globally, Holland & Barrett will also reduce the colour levels in bottles so that plastic can be reused in more ways when recycled.<\/p>\n Holland & Barrett Head of Brand Management Geraldine Waterton said: \u201cWe know sustainability is a really important topic for our customers, and we are continually looking at ways we can reduce our impact on the environment.<\/p>\n