Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away? Nick Holland looks at different ways people are trying to make this happen. One idea is to take used containers back to the supermarkets where, in the future, giant vending machines could refill them.

But the scale of the challenge is huge and getting consumers to change their shopping habits will be hard.

Presenter: Tom Colls

Producer and Reporter: Nick Holland

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