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Sydney tops international list of worst plastic bag offenders

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Sydney supermarket shoppers are using more new plastic bags than those in other major cities, including Melbourne, London and Hong Kong, according to a survey of more than 4000 customers conducted by University of Technology journalism students in March this year writes Shushu He.

Green Bags slighted on 12-items-or-less

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Employees at a major supermarket are not enforcing any policies on plastic bags, and failing to encourage the use of environmentally friendly Green Bags. Rachel Pieris and Andrew Stewart investigate.

Just asking makes a difference

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Consumers’ plastic bag usage is largely influenced by supermarket policy, according to a survey of Coles and ALDI stores in Manly.

Currently, there is no Coles policy that dictates that cashiers should ask customers if they would like a bag for three items or less. But in contrast, ALDI stores implement a 15-cent fee for each plastic bag and actively encourages customers to bring their own bags or boxes from home.

Olivia Pickering and Bonnie Rando Leys report.

Plastic bag usage an Inconvenient Truth

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Plastic bags continue to be the popular choice for supermarket consumers as Coles staff fail to suggest a greener option.

Hollie Azzopardi and Natasha Kosteska report.

Social pressures main motivation to ‘go green’

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People are still not fully aware of issues at the core of climate change, despite Green Bags flooding our shopping centres and supermarket shelves as Caitlin Hill and Danielle Le Toullec report.

A recent field study at Broadway Shopping Centre found that customers mainly use Green Bags because of social pressures, and not moral reasons or an awareness of climate change.

Coles lack clear plastic bag policy

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Coles at Surry Hills, part of one of Australia’s major supermarket chains, does not have an in-house policy when it comes to dispensing plastic bags to its customers reports Julian Mark and Shazana Zulkiffli .

Going green not always an option

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Australian retail heavyweights Coles and Woolworths are ignoring environmental policy that provides customers with the option of going without a plastic bag for three items or less. Daniella Ivanoska and Marcus Braid report.

Word on the Street – Vox Pops from Sydneysiders about plastic bag usage

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GEJI journalists took to the streets of Sydney to find out what they thought about plastic bag usage.

Coles customers can be green and mean

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While supermarkets battle to win the fight over plastic bags, Coles has implemented a new recycling system for non-reusable plastic bags writes Jacqui Henderson, Livia Parsito and Yammi Lee.