Smarter with plastic

Households are increasingly recycling plastic, which makes it possible to innovate new products to be sold at stores. K-Rauta has added to its selection a backyard composter created by three Finnish operators. Made from recycled plastic, the composte...

Kesko’s Building and Technical Trade division is the first operator in the trade sector to join the voluntary Green Deal of Construction Plastics. The division includes the technical wholesale company Onninen and the K-Rauta chain, which serves both ...

The fresh fish sold at K-food stores’ service counters is transported in boxes made from expanded polystyrene (EPS). More than a million boxes are used each year. K Group is the first retail sector company in Finland to pilot the recycling of fish bo...

Recyclable cardboard boxes will replace the plastic buckets that have been used to transport Pirkka tulips. This will reduce the use of plastic by 27 tonnes each year, corresponding to around 1.3 million plastic bags. The replacement of plastic trans...

New packaging innovations are being introduced all the time, and plastic is being replaced with bio-based solutions, for example. Consumers consider bio-based packaging to be a more environmentally friendly alternative, but a survey carried out by K ...

Electronic shelf labels will be introduced in all K-Citymarkets and K-Supermarkets this year. The electronic shelf labels will improve efficiency, minimise price errors and save paper. The datastrips that will no longer be needed will be recycled and...

This year, K Group has made changes to the packaging of 60 of its own brand products sold in grocery trade. The changes have resulted in considerable reductions in plastic use, equalling some 14 million plastic carrier bags. K Group’s objective is to...