{"id":242897,"date":"2022-11-14T17:18:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=124532"},"modified":"2022-11-14T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:18:55","slug":"checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkers rolls out new trolleys made from hundreds of recycled milk bottles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124533\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=124533\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-124533 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124533 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checkers rolls out new trolleys made from hundreds of recycled milk bottles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Checkers is rolling out new shopping trolley baskets made from 100% recycled plastic \u2013 mostly old milk bottles \u2013 thereby diverting more than 40 tons of recyclable material from landfill.<\/p>\n<p>The retailer\u2019s trolleys have contained at least 35% recycled content since 2018. Now it is the first major South African retailer to have trolley baskets made from 100% recyclable material.<\/p>\n<p>The new trolley baskets come in classic and mini sizes, each made from 180 and 110 old milk bottles respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve set ambitious targets to reduce our environmental impact and will continue to step up our efforts to reach these as part of our wider sustainability strategy. This change is just one of several initiatives we have introduced across our operations,\u201d says Sanjeev Raghubir, Group Sustainability Manager.<\/p>\n<p>This move is part of Checkers\u2019 ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability and promoting a circular economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Checkers has introduced several other environmental initiatives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>nine years ago, it became the first national retailer to introduce shopping bags made from 100% recycled content in its supermarkets;<\/li>\n<li>in 2018 Checkers introduced \u201cplanet\u201d bags, rewarding customers every time they re-use the bag;<\/li>\n<li>earlier this year, Checkers became the first South African retailer to replace its rotisserie chicken packaging with fully recyclable, responsibly sourced cardboard boxes;<\/li>\n<li>it is also the first retailer to recycle sanitising wipes from its supermarkets;<\/li>\n<li>and Checkers Sitari is the first premium South African supermarket to run entirely on renewable energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">57<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Checkers rolls out new trolleys made from hundreds of recycled milk bottles Checkers is rolling out new shopping trolley baskets made from 100% recycled plastic \u2013 mostly old milk bottles \u2013 thereby diverting more than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9021,1],"tags":[3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-242897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mypr","8":"category-south-africa","9":"tag-mypr","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/checkers-rolls-out-new-trolleys-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-milk-bottles.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}