Lawson Starts Selling Measured Detergents To Reduce Plastic Waste

Lawson Starts to sell plastic detergent by weight To reduce plastic waste August 26, 17:28

Amid growing interest in reducing plastic waste, a major convenience store Lawson has started a new initiative in Tokyo to put a new dish-washing and laundry detergent into a "My Bottle" brought by customers and sell it by weight. It was
In the future, we are considering expanding to other stores.

On the 26th, sales of detergents by weight began on a trial basis at two stores in Tokyo.

Of these, 5 liter tanks containing dishwashing detergent and laundry detergent are lined up at stores in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

The customer packs the detergent in a container that they bring, puts it on the scale, and a seal with the amount of money is issued according to the weight.

All detergents are usually sold in bottles, but if you sell them by weight, you can buy them at a low price of 20 to 30%.

Regarding the reduction of plastic waste, it has been compulsory to charge a plastic shopping bag from last month, but according to the Plastic Recycling Association, plastic bags, plastic bottles, containers, etc. are among the plastic waste discharged domestically. It accounts for almost half, 47%, and the problem is not only the reduction of plastic bags but also the reduction of containers.

Yuko Washizu, Lawson's manager, said, "I want to make efforts to reduce the amount of garbage now, as consumers are becoming more conscious of the environment due to the use of plastic shopping bags, etc." We are also considering the deployment of.