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Continente plans to end plastic bags for vegetable and fruit purchases

continenteThe Continente supermarket chain has launched a pilot project in some of its stores to provide shoppers with a sustainable alternative to the plastic bags used to pack loose fruit and veg.

Continent is running the pilot scheme until the end of April to test its alternative reusable cotton bags.

Continent also is removing plastic bags from its bakery zone and trying out some paper bag alternatives to those annoying ones made of paper with a see through plastic strip.

The company says that if it could save all the plastic it uses on the bags for fruit and vegetables, it would save 430 tonnes of plastic per year.

Plastic bags for online purchases are charged at 10 cents but if the customer wants to return the bags, the money will be returned.

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0 #6 Maximillian 2019-04-03 19:31
Better late than never. No one has to invent the wheel. Just communicate with other countries, who've found good solutions.
+1 #5 mj1 2019-04-03 15:56
well done continente
+2 #4 Lynn Love 2019-04-03 14:09
Quite happy to use re-useable bags but how would that work, one for every type of fruit and veg or one big one and separate everything at the check-out?
+6 #3 Richard 2 2019-04-03 13:00
I believe that the article refers to the small, transparent plastic bags used for fruits and vegetables, not the large shopping bags. Other countries have addressed the problem by switching to biodegradable plastic.
+6 #2 AL 2019-04-03 09:24
The problem with plastic bags should be tackled in the manufacturing process. Stop making them!
Daphne, if it was an issue 20 years ago, then nothing has been done about it. Plus with your attitude I doubt you know many locals to know if they bring their own bags or not.
I'll leave you with this dailymail headline from 2017.
"Sainsbury’s deliver online shopping order of just 53 items in TWENTY THREE separate carried bags including one containing just a single mango"
-4 #1 Daphne 2019-04-03 08:45
This was an issue over 20 years ago in northern Europe yet is still only filtering through here. How often in Portugal have we queued to pay for our supermarket stuff clutching our re-usuable bags and the cashier - without looking up - asks if we want a bag. It is still so rare for locals to bring their own.

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