A Dutch supermarket has become the world’s first to introduce a plastic-free aisle.
Ekoplaza, an organic food market chain based in Amsterdam, today opened what calls an “Ekoplaza Lab”, working in collaboration with a British campaign group A Plastic Planet, which says this is a landmark moment in the fight against plastic pollution.
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