‘Why would you do this?’ Shoppers’ outrage as Woolworths sell garlic cloves wrapped in PLASTIC
- Shoppers have blasted Woolworths for using ‘unnecessary’ plastic to wrap garlic
- A man shared a photo of packaged ‘The Odd Bunch’ garlic cloves to Facebook
- Customers have threatened to boycott the supermarket over the waste of plastic
Outraged shoppers have blasted Woolworths for using ‘unnecessary’ plastic to package and sell vegetables.
A customer snapped a photo of Woolworths brand ‘Odd Bunch’ garlic cloves wrapped in plastic packets at the Bondi Junction store in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
‘Garlic comes out of the ground in a bulb that can be cleaned and sold as a unit. Why would Woollies break up up the garlic bulb into cloves and then replace them in excessive plastic?’ the angry shopper captioned his social media post.
Customers have threatened to boycott Woollies over the waste of plastic just a year after the supermarket giant got rid of plastic carry bags.
A customer snapped a photo of Woolworths brand ‘The Odd Bunch’ garlic cloves wrapped in plastic on shelves at the Bondi Junction store in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
‘There is so much plastic in Woolworths it’s ridiculous, I feel since free plastic carry bags have stopped there seems to be so much more food wrapped in plastic,’ read one comment.
‘Lol that’s ridiculous. I would understand if it was fully peeled etc but this is literally pointless,’ read another.
‘And they aren’t even peeled… Makes zero sense!
‘I’m not shopping there til they’re off the shelves,’ read another comment.
‘If you think they removed plastic bags to save the environment, you are an idiot. They did it to make money. They don’t care about the environment at all, so of course they will pack anything in plastic,’ an irate shopper wrote.
Some customers argued that the loose garlic needed to be packaged as it’s part of Woollies’ Odd bunch range – a campaign to sell misshapen produce.
A Woolworths spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that they have taken big steps to reduce plastic use.
‘Over the last 18 months we’ve removed more than 500 tonnes of unnecessary plastic packaging across our produce and bakery categories,’ she said.
‘We’ve also rolled out REDcycle facilities in stores across the country, which allows customers to return soft plastics including Odd Bunch packaging to our stores to be recycled.
‘We know there is much more to do, and we’ll continue to work on our plastic reduction efforts.’
Customers have threatened to boycott Woollies over the waste of plastic just a year after the supermarket giant got rid of plastic carry bags