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"Ocado is testing offering everyday products such as pasta, rice and washing
liquid in refillable packaging in a first by an online supermarket.
The scheme will trial a reusable vessel that can take food or laundry products
with no extra costs for customers.
The first phase of the trial, starting this month, will include 2kg packs of
basmati rice and 1kg of penne pasta, both under the Ocado Reuse brand. Phase 2
coming later this year, will add 3 litre containers of Ocado Reuse non-bio
liquid detergent and Skies fabric conditioner.
Under the scheme the reusable containers are pre-filled with product and
delivered to customers with the rest of their shop. Empty containers are
returned to drivers when they deliver the next order and then washed and
refilled by suppliers.
Simon Hinks, product director at Ocado Retail, said: “Most people understand
the concept and know it works in a physical store but this trial brings
[refillable packaging] straight to customers’ doors. Our customers are already
used to giving their bags back to our drivers for recycling – so this is a
really sensible next step for us to help our customers reduce single-use
plastic on products they buy frequently.”
The company says each vessel can replace up to five single-use plastic items
and is designed to be used more than 60 times."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
