In 2021, major Australian grocery chains including Woolworths, Coles, ALDI, and others signed a pledge to phase out single-use plastic packaging in favour of recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

Their commitment is a part of an industry-wide initiative called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic packaging trash that is dumped on landfills or finds its way into waterways.

That's probably why you've been hearing more and more about supermarkets' green initiatives in the news over the past year, as they try to make shopping more sustainable and protect the environment.

Coles is the most recent supermarket to launch another initiative to phase out single-use plastic.

It seems that, as of the beginning of next month, a regular sighting in the fresh fruit section will soon be a thing of the past! Can you guess what it is?

Coles will remove single-use plastic produce bags from ACT stores to encourage buyers to bring reusable bags. Credit: Eden Magnet.​

Yes, you guessed right! The single-use produce bags customers often use to bag fruit and veggies will be phased out in the following weeks.

This month, Coles will try out a ban on plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets in the ACT. This is part of a larger effort to cut down on waste from single-use plastics.

From September 14, single-use plastic fresh produce bags will no longer be available for purchase in any of the 12 Coles stores located in the ACT.

But don't worry, members: Coles won't leave you struggling without a bag for your fruit and veggies!

A free 3-pack of reusable mesh fresh produce bags made from 90% recyclable materials will be given to ACT customers from August 31 through September 13 who purchase $5 on fresh produce in-store.

Customers will be asked to bring their own reusable bags to the store, or they can buy reusable mesh bags for fresh produce there.

According to estimates, the program will save roughly 11 tonnes of plastic annually, and the trial period will let Coles decide if they should implement the ban on a national scale.

With a $5 purchase of fruit and vegetables at Coles, customers can get a set of three reusable produce bags. Credit: Coles.​

While paper bags will still be offered in the fresh produce department for shoppers to pack their mushrooms, Coles Online orders and delis will continue to use plastic produce bags. (Sadly… but let's hope they change this soon as well!)

The supermarket giant has also taken steps to eliminate needless plastics in its own brand of products, such as eliminating the plastic scoops that come with their washing powders.

What do you think about this news, members, especially our members in the ACT? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

 

[Defiant540]

In 2021, major Australian grocery chains including Woolworths, Coles, ALDI, and others signed a pledge to phase out single-use plastic packaging in favour of recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

Their commitment is a part of an industry-wide initiative called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic packaging trash that is dumped on landfills or finds its way into waterways.

That's probably why you've been hearing more and more about supermarkets' green initiatives in the news over the past year, as they try to make shopping more sustainable and protect the environment.

Coles is the most recent supermarket to launch another initiative to phase out single-use plastic.

It seems that, as of the beginning of next month, a regular sighting in the fresh fruit section will soon be a thing of the past! Can you guess what it is?

Coles will remove single-use plastic produce bags from ACT stores to encourage buyers to bring reusable bags. Credit: Eden Magnet.​

Yes, you guessed right! The single-use produce bags customers often use to bag fruit and veggies will be phased out in the following weeks.

This month, Coles will try out a ban on plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets in the ACT. This is part of a larger effort to cut down on waste from single-use plastics.

From September 14, single-use plastic fresh produce bags will no longer be available for purchase in any of the 12 Coles stores located in the ACT.

But don't worry, members: Coles won't leave you struggling without a bag for your fruit and veggies!

A free 3-pack of reusable mesh fresh produce bags made from 90% recyclable materials will be given to ACT customers from August 31 through September 13 who purchase $5 on fresh produce in-store.

Customers will be asked to bring their own reusable bags to the store, or they can buy reusable mesh bags for fresh produce there.

According to estimates, the program will save roughly 11 tonnes of plastic annually, and the trial period will let Coles decide if they should implement the ban on a national scale.

With a $5 purchase of fruit and vegetables at Coles, customers can get a set of three reusable produce bags. Credit: Coles.​

While paper bags will still be offered in the fresh produce department for shoppers to pack their mushrooms, Coles Online orders and delis will continue to use plastic produce bags. (Sadly… but let's hope they change this soon as well!)

The supermarket giant has also taken steps to eliminate needless plastics in its own brand of products, such as eliminating the plastic scoops that come with their washing powders.

What do you think about this news, members, especially our members in the ACT? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

what is to replace plastic scoops????

 

[Evol P]

I think its a good idea and I already use my own lightweight produce bags. I made a variety of sizes from an old net curtain. Unfortunately there will always be those who are "forgetful" and require the shops to keep selling them plastic bags. Good for the store, bad for the environment.
and yes, I know they get used for rubbish bags (well most of them?)

 

[adorableagnes]

In 2021, major Australian grocery chains including Woolworths, Coles, ALDI, and others signed a pledge to phase out single-use plastic packaging in favour of recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

Their commitment is a part of an industry-wide initiative called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic packaging trash that is dumped on landfills or finds its way into waterways.

That's probably why you've been hearing more and more about supermarkets' green initiatives in the news over the past year, as they try to make shopping more sustainable and protect the environment.

Coles is the most recent supermarket to launch another initiative to phase out single-use plastic.

It seems that, as of the beginning of next month, a regular sighting in the fresh fruit section will soon be a thing of the past! Can you guess what it is?

Coles will remove single-use plastic produce bags from ACT stores to encourage buyers to bring reusable bags. Credit: Eden Magnet.​

Yes, you guessed right! The single-use produce bags customers often use to bag fruit and veggies will be phased out in the following weeks.

This month, Coles will try out a ban on plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets in the ACT. This is part of a larger effort to cut down on waste from single-use plastics.

From September 14, single-use plastic fresh produce bags will no longer be available for purchase in any of the 12 Coles stores located in the ACT.

But don't worry, members: Coles won't leave you struggling without a bag for your fruit and veggies!

A free 3-pack of reusable mesh fresh produce bags made from 90% recyclable materials will be given to ACT customers from August 31 through September 13 who purchase $5 on fresh produce in-store.

Customers will be asked to bring their own reusable bags to the store, or they can buy reusable mesh bags for fresh produce there.

According to estimates, the program will save roughly 11 tonnes of plastic annually, and the trial period will let Coles decide if they should implement the ban on a national scale.

With a $5 purchase of fruit and vegetables at Coles, customers can get a set of three reusable produce bags. Credit: Coles.​

While paper bags will still be offered in the fresh produce department for shoppers to pack their mushrooms, Coles Online orders and delis will continue to use plastic produce bags. (Sadly… but let's hope they change this soon as well!)

The supermarket giant has also taken steps to eliminate needless plastics in its own brand of products, such as eliminating the plastic scoops that come with their washing powders.

What do you think about this news, members, especially our members in the ACT? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

This has nothing to do with saving the planet, it's just another way for supermarkets to make more money.

 

[grays]

I am strongly against the phase-out. Curently, when empty I use them for bin bags, and just 11 tonnes per yeear saving shows how crazy this idea is, just like the silly docket messages about aboriginal lands that are too small to read and probably waste aat least and extra 11 tonnes of paper per year!.

 

[Mfry]

what is to replace plastic scoops????

My last few packs of washing powder have notices on them to save the scoop inside, for future use, instead of throwing it out when the pack is finished.

 

[Maxie58]

In 2021, major Australian grocery chains including Woolworths, Coles, ALDI, and others signed a pledge to phase out single-use plastic packaging in favour of recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

Their commitment is a part of an industry-wide initiative called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic packaging trash that is dumped on landfills or finds its way into waterways.

That's probably why you've been hearing more and more about supermarkets' green initiatives in the news over the past year, as they try to make shopping more sustainable and protect the environment.

Coles is the most recent supermarket to launch another initiative to phase out single-use plastic.

It seems that, as of the beginning of next month, a regular sighting in the fresh fruit section will soon be a thing of the past! Can you guess what it is?

Coles will remove single-use plastic produce bags from ACT stores to encourage buyers to bring reusable bags. Credit: Eden Magnet.​

Yes, you guessed right! The single-use produce bags customers often use to bag fruit and veggies will be phased out in the following weeks.

This month, Coles will try out a ban on plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets in the ACT. This is part of a larger effort to cut down on waste from single-use plastics.

From September 14, single-use plastic fresh produce bags will no longer be available for purchase in any of the 12 Coles stores located in the ACT.

But don't worry, members: Coles won't leave you struggling without a bag for your fruit and veggies!

A free 3-pack of reusable mesh fresh produce bags made from 90% recyclable materials will be given to ACT customers from August 31 through September 13 who purchase $5 on fresh produce in-store.

Customers will be asked to bring their own reusable bags to the store, or they can buy reusable mesh bags for fresh produce there.

According to estimates, the program will save roughly 11 tonnes of plastic annually, and the trial period will let Coles decide if they should implement the ban on a national scale.

With a $5 purchase of fruit and vegetables at Coles, customers can get a set of three reusable produce bags. Credit: Coles.​

While paper bags will still be offered in the fresh produce department for shoppers to pack their mushrooms, Coles Online orders and delis will continue to use plastic produce bags. (Sadly… but let's hope they change this soon as well!)

The supermarket giant has also taken steps to eliminate needless plastics in its own brand of products, such as eliminating the plastic scoops that come with their washing powders.

What do you think about this news, members, especially our members in the ACT? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

That will be interesting, all those people who forget bags, with fruit on the bottom of their trolley slowly unloading it on to the scales. Not to mention the bacteria it will pick up from the trolley

 

[Ricci]

I don't mind if they phase out the produce bags, can never open the damned things anyway!

 

[terri]

It is hard enough for lots of people to remember their bags. Fruit bags will be even harder. Poor service people are in for a hard time.

 

[Cheb]

I don't mind if they phase out the produce bags, can never open the damned things anyway!

Ricci, I take one of the wet wipes at the front of the store and hang it over the trolley. Then I use it to wet my fingers to open up the bags very easily, because wearing a mask I can't lick my fingers Ha! Ha!

 

[Shane O'Neill]

In 2021, major Australian grocery chains including Woolworths, Coles, ALDI, and others signed a pledge to phase out single-use plastic packaging in favour of recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

Their commitment is a part of an industry-wide initiative called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic packaging trash that is dumped on landfills or finds its way into waterways.

That's probably why you've been hearing more and more about supermarkets' green initiatives in the news over the past year, as they try to make shopping more sustainable and protect the environment.

Coles is the most recent supermarket to launch another initiative to phase out single-use plastic.

It seems that, as of the beginning of next month, a regular sighting in the fresh fruit section will soon be a thing of the past! Can you guess what it is?

Coles will remove single-use plastic produce bags from ACT stores to encourage buyers to bring reusable bags. Credit: Eden Magnet.​

Yes, you guessed right! The single-use produce bags customers often use to bag fruit and veggies will be phased out in the following weeks.

This month, Coles will try out a ban on plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets in the ACT. This is part of a larger effort to cut down on waste from single-use plastics.

From September 14, single-use plastic fresh produce bags will no longer be available for purchase in any of the 12 Coles stores located in the ACT.

But don't worry, members: Coles won't leave you struggling without a bag for your fruit and veggies!

A free 3-pack of reusable mesh fresh produce bags made from 90% recyclable materials will be given to ACT customers from August 31 through September 13 who purchase $5 on fresh produce in-store.

Customers will be asked to bring their own reusable bags to the store, or they can buy reusable mesh bags for fresh produce there.

According to estimates, the program will save roughly 11 tonnes of plastic annually, and the trial period will let Coles decide if they should implement the ban on a national scale.

With a $5 purchase of fruit and vegetables at Coles, customers can get a set of three reusable produce bags. Credit: Coles.​

While paper bags will still be offered in the fresh produce department for shoppers to pack their mushrooms, Coles Online orders and delis will continue to use plastic produce bags. (Sadly… but let's hope they change this soon as well!)

The supermarket giant has also taken steps to eliminate needless plastics in its own brand of products, such as eliminating the plastic scoops that come with their washing powders.

What do you think about this news, members, especially our members in the ACT? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

Well it will be interesting to watch the checkout operator weigh Brussels sprouts etc and sorting everything out in the bag to weigh what a joke I use the bags from fruit and vegetables in my toilet bin and for fish frames skin etc to stop the inside bin from stinking out the kitchen before bin day idiots in the mix at Cole's

 

[elaine41]

Hopefulliy before they phase out plastic bags for fruit & veg my new vegie garden will be producing all the fresh veg I will need as I certainly would not want to put my fruit & veg loose in a trolley which has probably had a child standing in it not long before. How contaminated would that make my vegs?

 

[ty_buchanan]

In 2021, major Australian grocery chains including Woolworths, Coles, ALDI, and others signed a pledge to phase out single-use plastic packaging in favour of recyclable or compostable materials by 2025.

Their commitment is a part of an industry-wide initiative called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, which aims to reduce the amount of plastic packaging trash that is dumped on landfills or finds its way into waterways.

That's probably why you've been hearing more and more about supermarkets' green initiatives in the news over the past year, as they try to make shopping more sustainable and protect the environment.

Coles is the most recent supermarket to launch another initiative to phase out single-use plastic.

It seems that, as of the beginning of next month, a regular sighting in the fresh fruit section will soon be a thing of the past! Can you guess what it is?

Coles will remove single-use plastic produce bags from ACT stores to encourage buyers to bring reusable bags. Credit: Eden Magnet.​

Yes, you guessed right! The single-use produce bags customers often use to bag fruit and veggies will be phased out in the following weeks.

This month, Coles will try out a ban on plastic bags for fresh produce in supermarkets in the ACT. This is part of a larger effort to cut down on waste from single-use plastics.

From September 14, single-use plastic fresh produce bags will no longer be available for purchase in any of the 12 Coles stores located in the ACT.

But don't worry, members: Coles won't leave you struggling without a bag for your fruit and veggies!

A free 3-pack of reusable mesh fresh produce bags made from 90% recyclable materials will be given to ACT customers from August 31 through September 13 who purchase $5 on fresh produce in-store.

Customers will be asked to bring their own reusable bags to the store, or they can buy reusable mesh bags for fresh produce there.

According to estimates, the program will save roughly 11 tonnes of plastic annually, and the trial period will let Coles decide if they should implement the ban on a national scale.

With a $5 purchase of fruit and vegetables at Coles, customers can get a set of three reusable produce bags. Credit: Coles.​

While paper bags will still be offered in the fresh produce department for shoppers to pack their mushrooms, Coles Online orders and delis will continue to use plastic produce bags. (Sadly… but let's hope they change this soon as well!)

The supermarket giant has also taken steps to eliminate needless plastics in its own brand of products, such as eliminating the plastic scoops that come with their washing powders.

What do you think about this news, members, especially our members in the ACT? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

The planet is losing trees for paper products at a rapid rate.

 

[Evol P]

what is to replace plastic scoops????

I would keep one or use a cheap one from an op shop.

 

[Evol P]

I think its a good idea and I already use my own lightweight produce bags. I made a variety of sizes from an old net curtain. Unfortunately there will always be those who are "forgetful" and require the shops to keep selling them plastic bags. Good for the store, bad for the environment.
and yes, I know they get used for rubbish bags (well most of them?)

I do too. I can't see how people will remember to bring produce bags when the single use grocery bags have been out for years and they still can't "remember" to bring re-usables.