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Shoppers in 19 countdown stores are required to bring their produce bags as a supermarket test to remove disposable plastic bags.
The countdown plans to phase out disposable plastic produce bags this month.
The countdown will begin piloting to remove bags from 19 stores from July 25th and will join the Metro Herne Bay Store, which opened last month without disposable plastic produce bags.
According to Countdown, pilots will help customers understand how to move disposable plastic products to bag-free as easily as possible.
Spokesperson Pieter DeWet said the pilot was an “exciting focus shift” from Covid-19.
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“Once we become accustomed to the new common sense, we will refocus our efforts on achieving the ambitious sustainability efforts we are aiming to achieve by 2025, including our commitment to plastics.” He said.
“Setting the goal of not using disposable plastics makes it feel like a positive start, with bags being produced prior to the government’s ban.”
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Labor leader Jacinda Ardern has promised to phase out disposable plastics by 2025.
Countdown customers use about 50 million disposable plastic produce bags annually, and according to De Wet, there is frequent customer feedback that supermarkets don’t need bags.
“More and more customers have already forgotten these in our store.”
Countdown seeks feedback from our customers.
The government’s phasing out of plastic bags is scheduled for mid-2023.
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The trial will begin on July 25th.
The government will phase out other disposable plastics such as cutlery, fruit stickers and plastic straws by 2025.
As part of last year’s Plastic Free July, New World attempted to remove a disposable plastic bag.