ALDI customers in Cheshire may notice a subtle change to their shopping as the supermarket trials a plan to improve the ease with which its milk bottles can be recycled.

Green bottle tops, which are found on the retailer's British Semi Skimmed Standard Milk products are being scrapped in favour of clear caps, which are easier to recycle.

The trial, which is in partnership with milk supplier Müller, will be introduced later this month across 21 of its Cheshire stores.

If successful and rolled out to all Müller-supplied stores, an additional 60 tonnes per year of recycled High-Density Polythene (rHDPE) could be turned back into food grade packaging, as the milk bottle tops will be reused to create new milk bottles.

Richard Gorman, Plastics and Packaging Director at Aldi, said: "We know it’s becoming increasingly important to our customers that their everyday products are environmentally-friendly, and we are constantly reviewing ways to become a more sustainable supermarket.

"By trialling clear milk caps we are making our milk bottles easier to recycle, so they can be turned back into new packaging."

This move is the latest in Aldi’s efforts to increase the amount of recycled materials in its products.

The supermarket says that it is on track to have 50% of its plastic packaging made from recycled materials by 2025.