Metro will collect 65 million plastic
International retail company Metro has launched an international and long-term partnership with the Social Venture Plastic Bank, emerging on the creation of force ecosystems by hunger on the coastal areas since 2013. According to the statement made from Metro Turkey; in the first year, 65 million plastic bottles, which coincided with the plastic horse, are literary at picking before reaching the oceans, Metro Plastic Movement brings together Metro customers, Suppliers and Plastic Bank in 24 countries where Turkey is located. Metro will focus on products with more sustainable packages worldwide under global plastic movement including Turkey. These types of packaging, after redesigned, packagings that require less pure plastic material, brilliance material, compostable material or replacement due to color change will be much easier. Additional information to be shown on packages allow customers to make informed decisions, which will also increase their awareness on turning. Thus, with every campaign product, Metro customers and complaints will also support the social venture plastic bank.
] Sustainable solution for over 30 years[
Metro Turkey Top Manager (CEO) Sinem Typeng said: “Sustainability is an important issue for all companies as part of this ecosystem to leave a more livable world to future amenities. As Metro Turkey, we consider limits as a way of business bonding. And we are working with sustainable solutions for more than 30 years. In this context, we are not only able to implement our work in our own operations; we take care of our customers, suppliers and employees as a disaster approach, including processes. We support our customer in the hotel and restaurant sector, which we meet about 90 percent of our country, in a sustainable way. “
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]]]Sinem Typeng matters to mentions as follows: “We have included our suppliers to add a new one to our offline work with Metro Plastic Movement. In addition to our specific products, Metro Branded Suppliers have enabled active participation in the campaign we are with their own brands. On the other hand, we removed our new plastic movement catalog in October to increase awareness and make plastic waste reduced, reach products accessible more. In our catalog, our customers can find products that they can start conversions on the way of a plasticized environment. As Metro Turkey, we will continue to cover all our accessible to our work with the integration of human-oriented, friendly, local values protection. '
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25 ton plastic reduction]
David Katz, Founder and CEO of Plastic Bank, “Metro and Cooperation with business partners helping prevent plastic waste from reaching the oceans in the world. With this movement, brands, suppliers and consumers can measure plastic footprints and activ. In this way, there will be increased to provide a real and permanent change for our planet. Metro Turkey continues its activities for more than 30 years to carry out nature-respecting way by placing the center of all its business. The company, which provides about 25 tons of plastic reduction since 2019 in the scope of the reduction of environmental impact of high plastic packaging, can be eaten as an alternative to plastic products, biological, composted or reused to the nature, changing the variety of friendly products.
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Finally, in the plastic published with the motto 'At Now Youde' in October, it is included in the products that the customers can start the reduction conversion of plastic waste in their business. Metro Turkey’s own brand of products, as well as other brands involved in movement, there are many products from food to 90 percent packaging, which are used in the catalog with friendly products.
Source: Sustainable Business