Morrisons has said it will remove all plastic carrier bags from it store in Netherfield over the next year.
The supermarket giant will stop offering plastic “bags for life” at its store on Victoria Retail Park and instead offer a paper alternative.
The move will make Morrisons the first UK supermarket to stop using plastic carrier bags completely.
Morrisons has said the removal of the plastic bags for life would begin in Scotland this month, followed by England and Wales over the course of the next 12 months.
Morrisons’ chief executive, David Potts, said: “We have been listening hard to our customers over the past year and we know that they are passionate about doing their bit to keep plastics out of the environment.
“Removing all of the plastic bags from our supermarkets is a significant milestone in our sustainability programme.”
Morrisons said that almost 100 million plastic bags will be removed in total, saving 3,200 tonnes of plastic a year.
The supermarket giant said the reusable paper bags will cost 30p each and are recyclable, water and tear resistant. The bags can hold up to 16kg – or 13 bottles of wine, the same as a plastic bag for life.
Morrisons has also removed all plastic bags from its fruit and vegetable areas in store, offering brown paper bag alternatives instead.
Plastic bags and packaging are still used on meat and fish counters but customers can bring their own containers to take items home.
Single-use 5p carrier bags were removed from Morrisons in 2018.
Morrison’s should be in Arnold, not Nevo. Wrong place for it. Arnold is our capital and our London. They should move to where it’s all happening