Tesco promises to ban brands that use excessive packaging

Chief executive says hard-to-recycle plastic on own-brand products will be eliminated

• 'I want packaging overhaul to plug into a national framework'

Tesco has pledged to step up its efforts in the battle against single-use plastic with measures that include banning brands using excessive packaging from Britain's largest supermarket chain.

Dave Lewis, Tesco's chief executive, said the company would "reserve the right not to list" products with too much non-recyclable packaging from next year onwards, in an article published on theguardian.com.