date:Aug 01, 2014
Sainsburys is the first UK retailer to recycle its old food crates into more efficient ones made from 100% recycled material. Recycling these crates to a more efficient crate type will significantly reduce empty crate transport reducing the number of road journeys needed to transport crates back to suppliers.
The crates, recycled for Sainsburys by Schoeller Allibert, are the first in the UK to be made from 100% recycled material and meet European Food Safety Authority Standards so they can tra