‘This is insane’: Why Woolworths shoppers are FURIOUS about an ‘absolutely shameful’ in-store display about helping the environment
- The supermarket giant banned single-use plastic bags in all stores last year
- Since the ban, shoppers have called out the supermarket giant for use of plastic
- Woolworths said they understand that their customers want plastic reduced
- They said they are ‘working hard’ to reduce the amount of plastic used
Woolworths has been slammed by furious shoppers for displaying fruit and vegetables wrapped in plastic – while promoting reusable bags to ‘help the environment’ in a sign above.
The supermarket giant banned single-use plastic bags in all stores across Australia last year.
Since the ban, shoppers have been taken to the Woolworths Facebook page calling them out for their use of plastic containers for fruits and vegetables.
Since the ban, shoppers have been taken to the Woolworths Facebook page calling them out for their use of plastic containers for fruits and vegetables
‘You may have stopped giving out single use plastic bags at the check out, but selling products like this with 5 completely useless pieces of plastic inside 1 larger useless piece of plastic is insane,’ another person wrote
‘Ummm kinda sending a mixed message here,’ one person wrote with a display of plastic covered fruit.
‘You may have stopped giving out single use plastic bags at the check out, but selling products like this with 5 completely useless pieces of plastic inside 1 larger useless piece of plastic is insane,’ another person wrote.
‘Do we really need to over wrap every thing,’ another shopper asked.
‘Woolworths this is absolutely shameful,’ a shopper wrote.
‘Do we really need to over wrap every thing’ another shopper asked
Woolworths told Daily Mail Australia they understand their customers want plastic reduced in stores and that they’re ‘working hard to do just that’.
‘The removal of single-use plastic bags from all stores nationwide was an important step, but it’s certainly not the end of our efforts,’ they wrote on their Facebook page.
‘Over the last 18 months we’ve removed more than 500 tonnes of unnecessary plastic packaging across our produce and bakery categories.
‘We’ve also rolled out REDcycle facilities in stores across the country, which allows customers to return soft plastics from fruit and vegetables to our stores to be recycled.
‘In partnership with REDcycle, we’ve now repurposed almost 500 tonnes of soft plastics into useful items like outdoor furniture and benches for community groups and stores.
‘We know there is much more to do, and we’ll continue to work on our plastic reduction efforts.’