Sales director Tony Holmes said: “There’s mounting pressure on food and drink businesses to ditch single-use plastics, with almost half of consumers saying manufacturers should make all packaging recyclable.
“That’s why we’ve done our bit to make it easier for food and drink businesses – leveraging our considerable buying power and independent status to offer incredible prices on an incredible catalogue of non-food products.
“The vast majority of products in the catalogue are recyclable, and it also includes a whole range dedicated entirely to products that are biodegradable or compostable.
“The move is a major step towards our wider aim to sell only own brand essentially catering ranges that are biodegradable, compostable or recyclable, by 2020.”
Items include burger boxes, cutlery and coffee cups made from bagasse (derived from bamboo), polylactic acid (known as PLA, a plant-based resin), or crystalline polylactic acid (known as CPLA).