The plastic ban is here

News AN UPPER class retailer has really embraced the plastic bag ban. For the price of three months’ worth of groceries, you can finally do your shopping in style.

Environment AUSSIES went into meltdown when the supermarkets’ plastic bag bans came into effect, and with good reason — Woolies and Coles violated an important unwritten rule.

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Smarter Shopping COLES will continue to offer its heavy-duty plastic bags for free to help customers transition away from … plastic bags.

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Money IGA supermarkets are the centre of many suburbs and towns across Australia. But the way they operate might be their death knell.

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Environment SINGLE-USE plastic bags have been shown the exit, straws aren’t far behind. But experts have warned the dream of a single-use plastic-free future would actually be a...