AN open letter to Tesco plc, regarding packaging:

York has recently moved to fortnightly collections of household waste destined for landfill.

Interesting therefore that many of the fresh veg items that we normally buy in our weekly shop at your store - devoid of hard plastic packaging and in lightweight cellophane bags - had run out yesterday! Only the environmentally-unfriendly alternatives remained.

You don't need a marketing non-expert like me to point out that the demand from the consumer is perhaps changing suddenly.

Any chance of responding to this change in consumer habits with all fresh produce - particularly by removing that funny little clear plastic (non-biodegradable) window in the mushroom bags?

Every little helps - the planet!

Robin Rawson,

Dodsworth Avenue,

Heworth, York.

Updated: 10:16 Saturday, October 15, 2005