Amsterdam supermarket opens world's 1st plastic-free aisleThe plastic-free aisle at Ekoplaza in Amsterdam offers 700 grocery items in non-plastic packaging. (A Plastic Planet )more stories from this episodeFull EpisodeA supermarket in Amsterdam has become the first in the world to offer an entire aisle of groceries in plastic-free packaging. The plastic-free aisle at Ekoplaza offers 700 grocery staples — including meat, produce, dairy and snacks — packaged in glass, metal, cardboard or compostable biomaterials. "Today is a very exciting day for us," Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet, told As It Happens host Carol Off. We are going show the world what a plastic-free aisle can look like.'"

Source: CBC News February 28, 2018 22:31 UTC