Ocado pays 5p per plastic bag returned by customers

Plastic luggage from other chains will also be collected, but customers will only be refunded for Ocado luggage returned.

The utilized luggage are despatched to a recycling plant where by they turned into are pellets utilized to make new luggage.  

The transfer comes as Ocado proceeds to advantage from virus-induced “keep at household” orders. 

Very last month it described that complete sales soared by a third to £2.3bn for the calendar year to November. The company posted pre-tax losses of £44m, down from £215m very last calendar year.

This strong retail functionality was offset by enhanced expense in its robot warehouse know-how company, as well as paying out on choosing more team and retooling its website to cope with the surge in desire.

Ocado shares fell one.7pc to £21.01 in afternoon investing, valuing the organization at £15.7bn.