Skipton supermarket Morrisons is to launch plastic-free fruit and vegetable aisles in its stores. The “buy bagless” scheme, which will enable customers to buy 60 varieties of fresh produce loose or in recyclable paper bags, will operate in 60 outlets. The option of packaging fruit and veg in plastic bags will also be available. An earlier 10-month trial saw a 40 percent increase in customers buying “bagless”. St Ives hopes that the scheme will save 156 tonnes of plastic annually . The supermarket has already removed 156 tonnes of unrecyclable polystyrene from branded products, and has launched a paper carrier bag programme.
UK supermarket Morrisons is to launch plastic-free fruit and vegetable aisles in its stores. The “buy bagless” scheme, which will enable customers to buy 127 varieties of fresh produce loose or in recyclable paper bags, will operate in 60 outlets. The option of packaging fruit and veg in plastic bags will also be available. An earlier 10-month trial saw a 40% increase in customers buying “bagless”. Morrisons hopes that the scheme will save 156 tonnes of plastic annually. The supermarket has already removed 600 tonnes of unrecyclable polystyrene from branded products, and has launched a paper carrier bag programme.