{"id":338337,"date":"2019-09-02T14:04:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T12:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=338337"},"modified":"2019-09-02T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T13:02:59","slug":"woolworths-will-trial-new-paper-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/338337\/woolworths-will-trial-new-paper-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths will trial new paper bags"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of its push to phase out single-use plastic shopping bags by 2020, Woolworths has announced its first trial of specially-designed paper bags.<\/p>\n

The retailer said that the bags are made of 100% recycled paper and will be used for fashion, beauty and homeware purchases – but not for groceries.<\/p>\n

The paper used in their production is recovered from used cardboard and boxes and have been designed to handle the weights and sizes of different items.<\/p>\n

“The Woolworths paper bag has been designed as a true win-win,” said Feroz Koor, Woolworths’ group head of sustainability.<\/p>\n

“We are looking forward to getting the trial underway so that we can gauge customer reactions and put the necessary logistics into action,” Koor said.<\/p>\n

The bag will first be trialled at Woolworths Blue Route in Cape Town and will be included free with purchases.<\/p>\n

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No plastic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Woolworths has also introduced a number of \u2018plastic-bag-free\u2019 stores across the country, with these stores now offering a low-cost reusable bag as an alternative.<\/p>\n

These reusable bags can be used with grocery purchases.<\/p>\n

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“Apart from the obvious benefit of helping customers change to reusable bags, the project has other important spin-offs,” the company said in a statement<\/a> <\/strong>in April.<\/p>\n

“The reusable shopping bag\u2019s fabric is made locally out of recycled plastic bottles and is recyclable.<\/p>\n

“To date the production of the low-cost reusable bag has resulted in over 129,000 plastic bottles being removed from South African waste streams to be recycled and made into the bag\u2019s fabric.”<\/p>\n

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Read: Woolworths to introduce new \u2018plastic-bag-free\u2019 stores<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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