Doei disposable bags, and hallo sustainable future! Supermarket chains Lidl, Jumbo, Plus and Aldi will stop using plastic and paper bags for fruits and veggies.
Instead, they will sell reusable bags that customers can wash at home.
Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?
The initiative to stop using disposable bags comes as a joint effort of the supermarkets to reduce plastic waste.
Under the Plastic Pact NL, a collaborative association between the government and companies, the parties are working to move towards a circular economy for plastic products. ♻️
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With this measure, the supermarkets expect to save about 126 million plastic bags and 10 million paper bags per year! Wat super. 🥳
I bought these to help reduce plastic waste when I buy veg at the supermarket pic.twitter.com/TGy2BO6tKF— David Freeman 🇮🇹🚴🏻 (@davidfreeman119) May 2, 2018
We want more!
Besides Plus, Lidl, Aldi, and Jumbo, Albert Heijn had previously eliminated plastic fruit and vegetable bags from its stores in 2022.
While this is a big step in the right direction, Minister of the Environment Viviane Heijnen, and Carlijn Röell, director of Plastic Pact NL, want to see more supermarkets join in.
“Consumers need to get used to it as soon as possible,” Röell told RTL Nieuws, “that’s why it’s important that as many supermarket chains as possible participate.”
The ball is in your court, Dirk. 👀⚽️
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