Falkirk district Aldi stores to trial reusable fruit and veg bags

Aldi stores across the Falkirk district are among those trialling reusable bags for loose fruit and vegetables in a bid to cut single-use plastics.
Aldi is trialling reusable fruit and veg bags in storesAldi is trialling reusable fruit and veg bags in stores
Aldi is trialling reusable fruit and veg bags in stores

From the end of the month, the firm’s stores in Falkirk and Polmont will offer the bags as a more sustainable alternative to single-use plastic.

The drawstring bags made from recycled plastic bottles will be sold for 25p each.

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The move is the supermarket’s latest step to reduce unnecessary plastic as it works towards reducing plastic packaging by 25 per cent by the end of 2023.

If introduced nationally, the initiative will remove the equivalent of 113 tonnes of single-use plastic from circulation each year.

Fritz Walleczek, managing director of corporate responsibility at Aldi, said: “We are committed to cutting the amount of plastic that Aldi and our customers use, particularly excess or single-use plastic like produce bags.

“We are hopeful that our customers across Stirling and Forth Valley will embrace these new reusable produce bags whenever they’re buying loose fruit and veg and, together, we will be able to take more than 100 tonnes of plastic a year out of circulation.”

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Earlier this year, Aldi trialled selling cabbages and cauliflowers without any plastic packaging in all Scottish stores.

Aldi is on track to have all own-label packaging recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022.

Since 2018, it has removed more than 550 tonnes of plastic and replaced almost 3,000 tonnes of unrecyclable material with recyclable alternatives.

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