The most important supermarkets in Europe are responsible for “promoting”. Wrong solutions to the plastic pollution crisis Maintaining a discourse based on greenwashing, according to a recent public report by the Changing Markets and Plastics Recovery organizations. In the case of Spanish supermarkets, they “suddenly” suspend everything. scored only 8.6 points out of 100 in the fight against plastic.
Both international organizations submitted the p.Ranking of the first supermarkets in Europe to learn about its commitment and degree of transparency to reduce this waste on its shelves.
The report, titled ‘Packed secrets: European supermarkets don’t tell us about plastic’, is the result of the collaboration of twenty organizations across the continent, including Spain’s Alianza Residuo Cero.
all over Europe, The average score achieved is 13.1 points out of 100, but in the case of Spain the score is even lower as it remains at 8.6 points.. The best grades come from the UK and France with 39.6% and 23.3% respectively.
The analyzed Spanish supermarkets (Alcampo, Aldi, Lidl, El Corte Inglés, Mercadona and Carrefour) scored so low that in some cases they did not even reach 1 out of 100 points.
These results reveal Little commitment by the country’s major supermarkets in tackling plastic and excessive packagingdespite repeated promises on this subject, according to the organizations that collaborated in the preparation of this report.
Of the 130 supermarkets contacted in all countries, only 39 (30%) responded in writing to the questionnaire sent by these organisations, and most of the responses were “vague and little relevant to the questions”.
The same report draws attention to the “double standard of brands with presence in different countries”. For example, Lidl accounts for 44.7% in the UK and between 13% and 23.7% in other countries such as Germany and the Czech Republic.
“These differences are not explained by different laws, but show that not a single major supermarket has responded to the plastic crisis with the urgency that this situation demands. Instead of investing in solutions, they invest in solutions. green wash” draws attention to Changing Markets.
The same Changing Markets foundation analyzed the supposed improvements offered by brands such as Coca Cola, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Mentos and others. In its report, it shows that in most cases such improvements are not the case because materials and packaging presented as “recycled” or “ocean-oriented” cannot be treated as such.
“Our latest research reveals a series of misleading claims about familiar phrases that consumers should trust,” says Changing Markets executive. “The industry is happy to boast green credentials with little substance as it continues to drive the plastic crisis,” he adds.
Summary of the report: https://www.retorna.org/mm/file/Resumen%20Ejecutivo%20en%20ESP.pdf
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