Holy chicken, Countdown wraps plant-based packaging in plasticThe way Bostock Chicken is meant to be wrapped - no extras needed. A Countdown store - one of the first to ditch plastic bags - has egg on its face after repackaging chicken wrapped in plant-based, compostable material in plastic, causing an outcry on social media. The Richmond Road Countdown store in Auckland, where the chicken was sold, was among the first of the supermarket chain to do away with single-use plastic bags. READ MORE:* Plastic bags ban anticipated well by the retail sector: expert* Countdown removes plastic from its own products, bans plastic straws* Are compostable bags actually helping the environment? She posted a photo of Bostock Brothers' organic chicken drumsticks packaged in the plant-based packaging that had been double-bagged in regular plastic to Instagram.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2018 03:33 UTC