To: Mr. Mike Coupe

“Please set ambitious targets to reduce Sainsbury's plastic footprint, starting with eliminating unneccessary and unrecyclable plastics by 2020”

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Mr.

Mike

Coupe

Sainsbury's

Dear Mr Coupe

I’m writing to ask you to urgently step up action to reduce the amount of plastic your company uses, to help curb ocean plastic pollution.

Billions of pieces of plastic packaging pass through the tills at Sainsbury’s every year. UK supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s, create over 800,000 tonnes of plastic packaging every year - and it’s too much. Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats facing our oceans, and single-use packaging is a major contributor.

As one of the UK’s biggest supermarkets, Sainsbury’s should be leading - not doing the least - to help stem the plastic tide. But I am dismayed that Sainsbury’s is the worst in class at tackling plastic, and bottom of the league when Greenpeace reviewed supermarkets’ plastic reduction measures.

I am aware that Sainsbury’s has pledged to eliminate non-recyclable plastics by 2025, but this just isn't enough. With a truckload of plastic entering the ocean every minute, and plastic production set to continue rising exponentially, it’s clear that we can’t recycle our way out of this crisis.

To help curb ocean plastic pollution, Sainsbury’s must reduce the amount of plastic it produces in the first place - without delay.

That's why as your customer, I implore Sainsbury’s to set ambitious year on year plastic reduction targets and to ensure that all unnecessary and non-recyclable plastics are removed from stores by 2020.

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,

Kind regards,
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Tell Sainsbury’s CEO to reduce their plastic footprint.

Sainsbury's have a problem. And it's plastic. Supermarkets produce a whopping 800,000 tonnes of plastic packaging a year. No major retailer is doing enough, but Sainsbury's have done the least.

We've made a league table based on supermarkets' plastic footprint - and Sainsbury's are rock bottom. They're one of the biggest and most popular supermarkets in the UK, so they must take responsibility for their plasitc footprint. But it seems like they couldn't care less.

Sainsbury's need to set ambitious targets to reduce their plastic footprint. They need to listen to their customers who are fed up with the amount of plastic they buy with their shopping.

Can you email the CEO of Sainsbury's and urge him to listen to people around the country who're calling for plastic reduction?