Bath MP Don Foster has today launched a campaign urging local supermarkets to think twice before stocking excessively packaged goods. From the packaging of perfume to pizzas, UK households send over 5 million tonnes of waste packaging to landfill each year. 

Like many others in Bath, Don is appalled by the wasteful packaging that accompanies so many everyday products.  Shockingly, one-sixth of the average household food budget – £470 – is spent on the cost of packaging. We continually ask residents to recycle more and reduce their waste, but they are justifiably frustrated that businesses don’t seem to be following suit, and excess packaging is a prime example. 

While Don commend the many supermarkets who are trying to limit the number of plastic bags they give out, there is still much to be done to end the serious damage to the environment, caused by these bags and excess packaging, being sent to landfill. That is why he is launching a campaign against excess packaging here in Bath.  He has contacted all of the city’s supermarkets to highlight this issue, and hope that we can work together to achieve an end to these wasteful ways.