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Cruydvat is ashamed of the famous candy bags and intervenes: “There were about 4,000 kilometers of plastic every year” |  Instagram HLN

Cruydvat is ashamed of the famous candy bags and intervenes: “There were about 4,000 kilometers of plastic every year” | Instagram HLN

Are you going to make candy at Kruidvat Shop? The chain sells approximately 8 million plastic candy bags each year. This is not very positive. The pockets are Single-use plastic productsWhich is disposed of after use. The use of plastic is now a thing of the past, because Kruidfat eliminates it.

Today Kruidvat is replacing its popular candy bags with rectangular paper bags. The paper bags are part of the store's sustainability goals. For example, they use less plastic for their own brand products, or choose recycled plastic. Not only do they want to make their products sustainable, the packaging must now be as environmentally friendly as possible.

Kruidvat is replacing popular plastic candy bags with paper types. © rack

Kruidvat immediately addresses one of its biggest plastic problems with candy bags. The supermarket chain promises to avoid 32,000 kilograms of plastic every year. “If you collate all the plastic candy bags we replace every year, they will reach a range of 4,000 kilometres,” says Leendert van Bergijk, sustainability manager at Kruidvat.

Leendert van Bergijk continues, saying: “With this new step, we contribute to reducing the use of plastic and the amount of plastic waste in Belgium and the Netherlands.” The new bag is not only appearing in our country: customers in the Netherlands are also seeing the new paper versions appear today. Note: In Wallonia, paper candy bags have been a reality for some time. Starting today, this will also be replaced in Wallon stores with the new designed bag.

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