Supermarkets 'should offer more reuse-and-refill stations for foods like cereal'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Big supermarkets should offer more reuse-and-refill dispensers for cereals and other dry foods in a bid to slash packaging, according to a poll of Scots.Three quarters of people said they’d be more likely to make use of schemes which allow shoppers to fill up on “loose” staple products like pasta, rice and teabags if stores made it more convenient.

The system sees rows of dispensers for foods like cereal brands set up along aisles for customers to help themselves, using their own refillable containers.It’s also been trialled around the UK for products like coffee, cordials, laundry detergents, shampoos and shower gels.

Advocates hope this style of shopping could bring about a revolution in reducing polluting plastic packaging and other waste.However 69 per cent of Scots said there is very little information online for customers to find out more on reuse and refill - although some chains like Aldi, Asda and Waitrose have run successful schemes.

The findings come from an Opinium survey of 2000 Brits last month for reuse-and-refill specialists GoUnpackaged.It also revealed 68 per cent of Scots think retailers should be investing more in reuse-and-refill and 51 per cent would rather shop at retailers that offered it.