Tesco has announced a new initiative that will reduce the supermarket's production of cardboard.
The supermarket said: "The UK’s first ever tubeless kitchen foil is being launched by Tesco in a move that will save 12.5 million cardboard rolls from needing to be produced each year.
"Thanks to a new state-of-the-art rolling machine, Tesco customers will be the first to try one of the new coreless products when the supermarket launches its re-designed aluminium foil this week."
The move is set to save 330 tonnes of cardboard each year, as the supermarket vows to cut down on needless packaging.
Tesco has pledged to cut down on its cardboard usage
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The Tesco Kitchen Foil will cost customers £1.40 per roll.
Tesco technical manager Bronwen Williams - who has been involved in the project - commented on what the new product means for Tesco.
She said: “This new machine has revolutionised foil production, saving hundreds of tonnes of cardboard from needlessly being made in the first place.
“We are continually looking at ways in which we can cut down on packaging in order to help the environment.
"We hope, after starting with our top-selling kitchen foil line, that we will be able to apply this to the rest of our foil range.”
Tesco explained: "The new cardboard coreless product has been made possible thanks to a new machine that allows the aluminium foil to be rolled tightly around a spindle that has air vents in it.
"By pumping air into these vents it allows the aluminium foil to be gently released."
Tesco added: "It’s not the first time that Tesco has made a revolutionary change to an everyday rolled domestic product.
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"Two years ago it launched toilet rolls with double the amount of paper on them in a move that saves nearly 70 tonnes of plastic packaging each year as a result of either fitting more paper onto each roll or winding rolls more tightly, so they take up less space."
The supermarket's recent move is part of Tesco’s 4Rs packaging strategy to tackle the impact of packaging waste. Since 2020, Tesco has reduced packaging by more than 4,500 tonnes.
This comes as Tesco launched a new toilet roll made from 100 per cent recycled materials.
From Feburary, customers can buy this product from 100 Tesco Extra stores across the country.
