WILKO is celebrating one year of helping its customers go green.
The retailer, which has a store in Reading’s Broad Street Mall, has reached its one year anniversary of being plastic wipe-free.
In March 2020, Wilko switched to more eco-friendly clearing wipes and has now removed 1,500 tonnes of plastic from the environment.
Jerome Saint-Marc, CEO, said: “We’ve been focused on meeting our environmental ambitions for some time and proud to have been the first high-street retailer to offer plastic-free wipes across all our own brand options.
“We’re a family-owned retailer and understand the importance of making little changes for the better and our responsibility to future generations.”
In June last year, Wilko launched its Plastic Plan and is striving for at least 30% recyclable packaging by April next year. It wants to offer 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025.