An Inconvenient Truth

This looks like a really powerful movie, on general release now. Link

The Independent Flagwaving

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Packaging Study by WRAP

This page on WRAPs website is dedicated to innovative packaging solutions from around the world. Link

Marks and Spencers lead the way

Marks and Spencer has announced a five-year, £200m scheme to make its stores more environmentally friendly.
(BBC article 15 Jan 2007)

Greening Supermarkets Report

This article by the National Consumers Council gives edited highlights of the first Greening Supermarkets Report: Link

How Green Is Your Supermarket?

This article in the Guardian brings the race to be the greenest supermarket up to date:
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Sainsbury's starts biodegradable packaging

Following in the footsteps of Tesco's announcement in May that they are to make all their carrier bags biodegradable, Sainsbury's has announced that 50 of their products will now be in biodegradable packaging.
Further information in this BBC article.

Here are some (edited) comments posted on the BBC's Have Your Say section regarding this article:

"OK it's a start but still not enough. When we are at our place in Finland we have to pay for carrier bags, so we carry shopping bags to the supermarket. We can take our beer and soft drink bottles back and get money(only in some) or a chit that we can offset against our shopping. We can recycle most of our waste including drink and milk cartons... We are so behind alot of Europe here not only in facilities but education."
[ButtonMonkey], Kent, United Kingdom

"I remember being in Germany about 10 years ago and all the shoppers in one store I went into, took off the outer cardboard packaging and left it at the supermarket for them to clear it up. Here in France, you buy your carrier bags and bring them back next time, you can, by and large only buy fresh food in season and most of what you buy is French and probably local. Also you select your fruit & veg - weigh it yourself and stick your own price sticker on. There really is no need for all this pre-pack stuff."
Robert Andrews, France

"...Also, councils need to be ready to deal with this - they will need to accept this waste in "green bin" collections - will this be a problem? Perhaps the supermarkets could provide facilities - good PR!"
Greg, UK

"..Aldi's and Lidl's have been charging for bags for years - and that's the only way to incentivise us to bring our own."
Dawn, Kettering