Supermarkets will now be more heavily implicated in terms of environmental responsibility, including no longer selling certain fresh products in plastic film.
One of the rules, applicable to supermarkets with a surface area of 400 square metres or more has already come into force as of 1 January 2023. These supermarkets are now required to offer customers a take-back point, i.e. an on-site station where plastic, paper and cardboard packaging can be immediately be disposed.
From 2024 onward, large supermarkets with an area of more than 1,500 square metres will be obligated to set up some form of recycling centre.
In addition, effective 1 July 2023, all supermarkets will be banned from selling fruit and vegetables weighing less than 1,500 grams in plastic film.
Some supermarkets have already adapted and customers now only see the odd plastic package. Pre-cut fruit and vegetables are not covered by this provision.
