Supermarket giant Woolworths will begin phasing out their 15cent plastic bags over the next few weeks as part of their commitment to getting rid of the bags from their stores completely.
Woolworths will start phasing out plastic bags from their Queensland stores over the coming weeks which will see around 1,500 tonnes of plastic pulled from circulation annually.
So far, the bags have already been phased out of a number of states including South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia as of last year.
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