It follows 10-month trials in Skipton, Guiseley and St Ives, where stores saw a 40 percent increase in customers buying "bagless". The 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 meat and veg in plastic bags will also be available . An earlier UK trial saw a 50 % increase in customers buying “ bagless ” . Morrison hopes that the scheme will save 100 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 .
The 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 meat and veg in plastic bags will also be available . An earlier UK trial saw a 50 % increase in customers buying “ bagless ” . Morrison hopes that the scheme will save 100 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 .