One Stop is partnering with global resource management company Veolia with the aim of recycling more than 380,000 milk bottles per year from its stores.
Own label milk bottles from the stores’ relevant vending machines and staff refreshments are collected from One Stop’s distribution centres by Veolia on a weekly basis and then the recycling begins.
Veolia takes the milk bottles to its Dagenham Plastic Facility where they are washed, shredded, and turned into pellets which can then be blown back into milk bottles.
Amriene Kalsi, Sustainability Manager at One Stop, said: “It’s certainly another key step towards our goal of increasing recycling within our own operations, contributing to our target of meeting net zero by 2050.”
Simon Futcher, Commercial Business Development Director at Veolia, added: “This partnership aligns with Veolia’s purpose of ecological transformation and demonstrates a closed loop recycling solution. Turning used milk bottles into fresh ones replaces the need for raw materials and saves 67% of carbon emissions at the same time.”
The convenience retailer has also recently replaced its green hard-to-recycle bottle tops on its British semi-skimmed standard milk with clear recyclable lids.
