BEYOND THE BAG
REINVENTING
THE RETAIL BAG
Leading retailers unite to address plastic bag waste
The Beyond the Bag Initiative, launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, is a multi-year collaboration across retail sectors that aims to identify, test and implement innovative new design solutions that serve the function of today’s single-use plastic retail bag, delivering ease and convenience for consumers while striving to lessen the impact on the environment.
We aim to identify and scale innovative new design solutions to create a system that serves the function of the current retail bag, providing customers with convenient, accessible, hygienic and environmentally-sound solutions. Success will be advancing a more sustainable and waste-free future for the retail bag, driving progress and momentum across the retail industry.
Harnessing design, innovation and the power of collaboration to reimagine the retail bag, we are exploring reusable systems, altogether bagless solutions and innovative materials for a less wasteful future.
Why does the current retail plastic bag need reinventing?
How did we test and pilot solutions in-market?
In the News
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Purposeful Collaboration for a Sustainable Future
Through our NextGen and Beyond the Bag consortia, Closed…
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How Do We Spark a Seachange for Reuse?
It will take unprecedented collaboration to address…
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Closed Loop Partners Releases Key Insights from First-of-a-Kind…
New report from Closed Loop Partners shares insights…
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Ulta Beauty Joins the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail…
The nation’s largest beauty retailer joins leading…
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What Tomorrow’s Retail Bag Looks Like
Hint: It’s not a single-use plastic bag.
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Closed Loop Partners joins with CVS Health, Target…
The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop…
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Wakefern Next to Venture ‘Beyond the Bag’
Wakefern Food Corp. has become the latest grocer to…
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Dollar General Joins the Beyond the Bag Initiative…
DG’s 17,000+ stores to serve as key partner in exploring…
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Albertsons Companies Joins Beyond the Bag Initiative
Goals include reducing use of virgin materials, scaling…
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Meijer Joins Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag
The Consortium is the retailer’s latest effort to lessen…
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The Emerging Innovations Transforming How We’ll Bring…
The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag Identifies…
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Hy-Vee Joins Closed Loop Partners and Leading Retailers…
Hy-Vee is the seventh company to join the Beyond the…
Consortium Partners
The Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag has convened industry leaders to find scalable solutions.
