Aldi Ditches Single-Use Plastic Bags For Fruit & Veg
Written by HFM News on 24th February 2020
Market Harborough’s Aldi supermarket has scrapped single-use plastic bags for loose fruit and veg.
It’s one of 100 stores across the Midlands trialing the move from today, to encourage customers to use their own bags or buy a recyclable one.
Aldi in Market Harborough
If rolled out nationwide, it would remove the equivalent of around 109 tonnes of plastic from circulation each year.
Aldi reusable bag
Fritz Walleczek, Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility at Aldi, said: “We are determined to drastically cut single-use plastic, and evolving our approach to the sale and distribution of bags is an important step forward.
“We’ve charged for carrier bags since opening our first UK store in 1990, so our shoppers are already in the habit of reusing them, but these steps will hopefully help people switch to entirely reusable alternatives.”
The retailer has also increased the cost of its ‘bags for life’ from 9p to 15p today, again to encourage shoppers to re-use bags.
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