Quick Green News

Some green news in brief for you.

Sainsbury’s has announced that it will only sell line-caught cod and haddock, This means 10,000 tons of Icelandic cod and haddock it sells each year will be from sustainable sources.

Also Sainsbury’s announced it will stop selling eggs laid by battery hens, which is the same policy as Marks & Spencer and Waitrose.

Primark is going to sell a range of Fair Trade organic cotton tops. It aims to also reduce the environmental impact of plastic bags by 25 per cent next year. Campaigners state that Bangladesh factory workers producing clothes for Primark are paid only 5p an hour and can work up to 20 hours a day.

Marks & Spencer has launched a £200m plan to become one of the greenest companies depsite news that their chief executive, Stuart Rose, owns two Bentleys.

The Co-op is to launch a whisky bottle that will be the lightest on the market. The 70cl bottle will be 298g, over 50g lighter than previously. Co-op will then do this for other spirits.

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