How Green Is Your Supermarket?
Tonight · Season 2021 · Episode 31
With food thought to account for at least 20% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, our grocery basket can have a big impact on our environment. Greenpeace say British supermarkets are producing about 900,000 tons of plastic packaging every year. That means if they go `green', so do we. Jonathan Maitland examines the Green credentials of Britain's biggest supermarkets, and asks what people can do as consumers to play their part.
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Season
2021
Episode
31
Air Date
07/Oct/2021
Air Time
19:30
Runtime
30 min
Overview
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With food thought to account for at least 20% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, our grocery basket can have a big impact on our environment. Greenpeace say British supermarkets are producing about 900,000 tons of plastic packaging every year. That means if they go `green', so do we. Jonathan Maitland examines the Green credentials of Britain's biggest supermarkets, and asks what people can do as consumers to play their part.
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