Morrisons has announced it will allow customers to use their own containers for meat and fish from the Morrisons’ Market Street Butcher and Fishmonger counters from May.

The new policy is part of a number of measures the supermarket is taking to reduce plastic pollution, in addition to its commitment to make all its own-brand plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by no later than 2025.

Ditching plastic

In a press release, Morrisons said it is ‘working through all of its own-brand products to identify, reduce and remove any unnecessary plastic packaging’, and that the supermarket will trial the effect of removing plastic packaging from fruit and vegetables in a number of stores. The aim is to look at how plastic packaging can be reduced without increasing food waste.

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One of the first pieces of packaging to be replaced will be black plastic trays, used for fresh meat and fish, which will be phased out by the end of 2019.

Morrisons has already made water freely available in its cafés for customers who want to refill their water bottles, and water fountains will be fitted to new stores.