talabat mart UAE Goes Green with Biodegradable Bags

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talabat mart UAE Goes Green with Biodegradable Bags

talabat scales up sustainable solutions towards building a green circular economy

Consumers, millennials and generation Z in particular, are increasingly conscious of their carbon footprint and the impact their every day decisions have on the environment. Research shows they seek companies that actively do their part to fight climate change, favoring eco-friendly brands who care about our planet’s future.

As one of the leading online food delivery platforms in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), talabat recognises the importance of eco-conscious consumerism and the vital role organisations play in changing consumer behavior. Millennials in the MENA region are embracing a greener 8 lifestyle with 59% having purchased at least one product or service to support a socially responsible enterprise. Effective sustainability demands more from businesses and customers alike, the need to adopt more environmentally conscious requirement.

In the United Arab Emirates, talabat mart, the first under 30-minute delivery grocery concept in the region which operates from paper bags to biodegradable plastic bags. In addition to consuming four times less energy than paper bags, Biodegradable plastic bags offer many benefits. They decompose much faster than regular plastic in an open environment, hence reducing plastic waste and taking up less space in yet stronger than paper bags, which means they take less space and can easily be reused by customers.

Launched late February by talabat, Currently operating from 15 stores in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman, it caters to meet consumers’ everyday essentials with hyperfast delivery while contributing to the growth of e-commerce and the national economy. By switching to biodegradable bags, it is further aligning

talabat’s business practices with the UAE vision 2021 – to ensure sustainable development while preserving the environment.

This switch is talabat mart’s first step in its sustainability journey, as it remains focussed on studying different packaging solutions in the coming months to find the most suitable option that will contribute towards building a more circular economy. This trajectory is in line with the objectives of The United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG), in particular, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 “Responsible Consumption and Production” and SDG 13 “Take action against climate change”. Companies aligning their business practices closer to the SDGs will help set the roadmap towards ensuring a more habitable world for future generations.

With consumer attention to the environment at an all-time high, it is very likely that focus on eco-friendly packaging will continue to rise over the coming years. Nowadays, nearly half of the population is proactively seeking information before purchasing a product to ensure that

In the United Arab Emirates, talabat mart, the first under “ 30-minute delivery grocery concept in the region which operates 24x7, has changed its existing packaging from paper bags to biodegradable plastic bags. “

the brand is environmentally-friendly. changing values of their more socially responsible consumers and offer products and services that show an alignment in priorities. Through implementing sustainable practices, organisations and governments are in turn encouraging more eco-conscious consumer behaviour and doing their part in safeguarding the planet. This is one of many sustainable initiatives adopted by talabat. In a bid to encourage consumers to reduce their unnecessary usage of plastic cutlery, it set the ’nocutlery’ option as default setting for all orders on the platform earlier this year, resulting in the no-cutlery orders growing from 6.5% to 62.6% in the span of just four months. Moving forward, all talabat mart orders will be delivered in environmentally friendly biodegradable bags, making it easier for consumers to make more ecoconscious everyday decisions and more sustainable purchases.

talabat’s message to consumers is: watch out for more environmentally conscious practices in the coming future.

What else is talabat mart doing to encourage sustainability?

talabat mart established an agreement with most of its suppliers to return near expiry items to them to reach zero food waste at its stores. talabat mart is in the process of exploring deals with local charities to donate near expiry items, safe for human consumption, to people in need.