Coles customers will be encouraged to bring their own bags for fresh produce or buy reusable mesh bags in store.
The plastic fresh produce bags, also known as barrier bags, will be removed from all 12 stores across the ACT from September 14.
Customers will be encouraged to bring reusable bags or purchase reusable mesh bags. Picture: Coles / Martin Keep "Under our Together to Zero waste ambition, we are always looking for ways to reduce reliance on unnecessary and problematic single-use plastic packaging and provide sustainable solutions to our customers," he said in a statement.
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