Waitrose to stop selling plastic toys in Christmas crackers from 2020
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#4SXGV)
John Lewis Partnership also plans to reduce amount of glitter in products sold
John Lewis and Waitrose are to stop selling Christmas crackers containing plastic toys and puzzles as part of a drive to reduce single-use plastics - but not until 2020.
The retailers will announce on Monday that they would switch next year to crackers filled with toys and other items made from recyclable materials such as metal and paper, with the cardboard wrappers embossed rather than decorated with plastic glitter.
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