Bendigo shopper Donna Brennan had to use her handbag to carry her groceries on the first day that Woolies bid farewell to single-use plastic bags.
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“I forgot and left my bags in the car,” Ms Brennan said, laughing.
“I was able to use my handbag as a supermarket bag.
“It is great to see the end of single-use plastic bags.”
The lunch time shopping crowd at Kennington Village gave a thumbs up to Woolworths ending single-use bags in the war on plastic. Coles will follow on July 1.
Shoppers have been advised by Woolies to bring in their own bags, “keeping a few in the boot of your car, a couple by the front door or writing them at the top of your shopping list”.
The supermarket will also sell reusable bags at the checkout.
Another Strathdale shopper, Joe Barth, had no problems with having to bring his own bags to do his shopping.
“It’s a great initiative and it should have happened years ago,” he said.
Mr Barth said the next problem was the amount of plastic used to package the items going into the bag.
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Kaye Griffiths said it was a good move as there was too much plastic in the world.
“The cost of paying for the new bags is a small pain people will have to go through,” she said.
“I’m very concerned about plastic in the ocean so I’m not all angry about the new change.”
Eric Rogers said it was a “really good change” and all it required was forward planning.
“There shouldn’t be any more single-use plastic bags, just carry your items or take a trolley,” he said.
“Or keep a big bag and take with you everytime. It’s a really good change.”
For Barbara Lane, the single-use bags were a bit on the flimsy side and she wasn’t sorry to see them go.
“I’m happy to use my own bags because a lot of the time the single-use bags tend to break once they have too many items in them,” she said.