Apart from the bag for good replacement policy online shoppers at woolworths who request their goods be packed into reusable plastic bags can return their unwanted bags to the store and gain a.
Reusable plastic bags woolworths.
Instead of handing out free bags made of thinner plastic the chains only offered thicker reusable plastic bags at a.
The bags have been replaced by low cost reusable bags and closed loop recycled paper bags.
When asked by yahoo news.
Woolworths is now proudly single use plastic bag free.
Plastic bags have now been banned at these woolworths stores in gauteng and kzn the production of the low cost reusable bag has resulted in over 129 000 plastic bottles being recycled and made into the bag s fabric.
It s a commitment we made to help reduce our impact on the environment and will see the removal of more than 3 2 billion single use plastic bags from circulation every year.
Woolies has announced that 25 of its stores including some of the larger ones such as sandton city eastgate and canal walk have discontinued the use of single use plastics.