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[VIC, NSW, QLD, WA] Free Recycled Plastic Bags (Was 15¢) @ Woolworths

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[VIC, NSW, QLD, WA] Free Recycled Plastic Bags (Was 15¢) @ Woolworths
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rake on 29/06/2018 - 07:31 woolworths.com.au (3849 clicks)
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Read in news today.

Woolworths will offer complimentary 15¢ reusable bags to any customer in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA caught bag-less between today (29 June) and Sunday, July 8.

"This will not only help support customers as they work to form new habits, but also ensure they’ll have reusable bags on hand when they next choose to shop with us.”

Also from Woolworths website:

That’s why from Friday 29th June until Sunday 8th July, if you forget your bags, we’re offering complimentary reusable bags for your shopping.

This offer is only available in NSW, QLD, VIC & WA to to help our customers in the states where we have made the change to being single-use plastic bag free.

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  • wreckedandjealous on 29/06/2018 - 07:41
    +9

    still will charge you $1 for an online shop, even if you order bulky items (eg: bulk cans of coke), and they use no/few bags

    • pennypincher98 on 29/06/2018 - 08:27
      +2

      Or $3.50 extra to walk from your door to your bench.

      • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 09:19

        Really? What's the heaviest item we can order. I'll take 10 thankyou

      • Unrvl on 29/06/2018 - 10:58
        +3

        I have just ordered $450 of groceries from woolies to my kitchen bench. im curious to see how they are going to fit this many items in crates without plastic bags. feel sorry for the drivers!

        edit: an older delivery driver came, dropped the items at the front door. my wife with a sore back and 2 kids said we paid the 3.50$ for you to put it on the bench, he didn't seem to care and went on his way..

        • Oliver on 29/06/2018 - 13:28
          +1

          Coles 2/2 good experiences. They send you an email with an approx tighter timeframe within your original timeframe, on the morning of delivery, then a 30 min warning text before actual delivery. First time it was spot on. Second time the 30 min text came at 3pm but they didn't deliver until 5pm. However the original window was 2pm to 5pm. Both times they delivered straight to the kitchen bench and wouldn't accept us helping. :)

        • Unrvl on 29/06/2018 - 14:31

          @Oliver: we have had good experience with coles delivery. but woolies has been average until now, where its completely gone to shit.

    • rszirmai on 29/06/2018 - 09:24
      +2

      all you need to do is indicate you don't need plastic bags. they will still charge when you order but when you collect they give that $1 back. or at least this is how my local W solve this

      • FoxJump on 06/07/2018 - 21:07

        Awesome!
        I'll try that out next week

    • tatnal on 29/06/2018 - 10:09

      No. I saw the sign today at the self checkout (forgot to take a photo) but am pretty sure that it will apply to online orders as well (ie, no charge for the 15c reusable plastic bags).

      From their website
      https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/reusable-bags?cm…

  • jv on 29/06/2018 - 07:43
    +89

    I might go grab a few hundred then to save the environment

    • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 08:03
      +6

      You're an environmentalist.

      • eDust on 29/06/2018 - 09:38
        +5

        You seem to know a lot about environmentalists, that makes you an environmentalologist.

      • inherentchoice on 29/06/2018 - 10:59
        +1

        When I grow up, I wanna be enviro MENTAL too!

    • tatnal on 29/06/2018 - 10:10

      I think they're just giving what you need for your shop. My shop was only 2 items.

      • jv on 29/06/2018 - 10:10
        +17

        I individually bag each banana to reduce the risk of fruit fly infestation.

        • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 10:19
          +11

          I individually bag each fruit fly to reduce the risk of banana infestation.

        • BadGiraffe on 29/06/2018 - 11:10
          +11

          @Scab: I individually fruit fly each banana to reduce bag infestation.

        • badinh on 29/06/2018 - 11:44
          +5

          I am thinking about grapes as well

    • EightImmortals on 29/06/2018 - 08:05
      +12

      Or forgetful ones who leave the bags on the kitchen bench. Or go to the shopping centre for something else but then remember to get some stuff from colesworth while they are already there.

      • boomramada on 29/06/2018 - 08:12
        -7

        Well get used to it, this ban is forever, not just till July 9. If you that forgetful leave a spare in the car.

        • EightImmortals on 29/06/2018 - 08:15
          +6

          What part of 'forgetful' don't you understand? :)

          But yeah, looks like a lot of old dogs are going to have to learn a new trick. It aint the end of the world. Or is it?

        • boomramada on 29/06/2018 - 08:25
          -7

          @EightImmortals:
          Rule is simple, if you forgetful, slack or ignorant then pay the price.
          This ban is not new, happen while back in ACT, there we lots of abusive customers at the start but eventually people get used to it. Feel sorry for the checkout staff.

        • burningrage on 29/06/2018 - 08:38
          -6

          @boomramada:

          That is why it happened in those states. The greenest (not in environment but politically) and meanest state. Might as well break up and be their own socialist/dictatorial state.

        • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 10:20
          +2

          @burningrage:

          Username checks out.

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 09:53
      +2

      i was walking past woollies down the shopping strip, had left the bag in the car …..so ended up buying another bag ….. $1 bag with $38 of groceries made it worth the effort …..

      if all i needed was bilk and bread paying $1 for their green bags on $6 purchase highlights the cost moving forward of these multi use bags on bulky low value purchases.

      why not buy the the 15 c.bags …..well woollies reckon they will replace the $1 ones if they break, not the 15c ones

      Coles haven’t announced what they will do …

      i’m sure even the replacement policy will be phased out eventually as it will be expensive for woolies over years ….pay $1 and they still replace in 15 years time if it breaks ?

      also own a bunnings umbrella ……doesn’t look cool but they replace when broken

      • misterpotatomato on 29/06/2018 - 10:43
        +3

        I don't want to know what "bilk" is

        • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 11:39
          +1

          Bulk billed milk.

      • Mrs W on 29/06/2018 - 12:02

        Bunnings umbrella's totally look cool. Do they really replace them when broken? I didn't know that! Although I have three, have used for years and still look like new even when used in high winds.

      • The Edge on 02/07/2018 - 11:06

        "also own a bunnings umbrella ……doesn’t look cool but they replace when broken"

        I never knew that thank you for the tip.

  • maxdba on 29/06/2018 - 07:50
    +3

    Question: can I use Woolworths bag at Coles?

    • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 07:54
      +5

      Can I use the woolies bag at Aldi?

      • maxdba on 29/06/2018 - 07:55
        +2

        Yes, but woolies will be unhappy.

        • profane01 on 29/06/2018 - 08:04
          +5

          Why? Free advertising

        • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 10:02
          +1

          @profane01: ^^this

        • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 10:03

          You mean Aldi will be unhappy because I didn't buy the aldi bag instead?

        • BadGiraffe on 29/06/2018 - 11:12

          @Homr: Aldi will be unhappy because you're not buying groceries from them.

        • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 12:03
          +1

          @flaminglemon: No, I went to woolies just to buy the woolies bag because my favorite color is green and went to Aldi for grocery shopping.

        • BadGiraffe on 29/06/2018 - 12:19
          +1

          @Homr: Ah. Yeah. Aldi will be happy then. Yes, you may be free advertising for Woolies, but you're buying groceries from Aldi, and that says a lot.

    • Luckypenguin on 29/06/2018 - 07:59
      +23

      No, they will self destruct in five seconds.

    • conant on 29/06/2018 - 08:00

      Of course they are happy as they have one same goal- save the environment.

      • CacheHunter on 29/06/2018 - 08:11
        +22

        I don't get why people think these will save the environment. They have to be reused between 20 and 100 times before the amount of plastic consumed is less and the embedded carbon means the reusable ones are far worse as far as greenhouse has emissions go.

        The only possible benefit is less bags discarded in waterways etc, but even there, if anyone bothered to read the actual studies that the environmentalists quote about plastic pollution in our oceans killing sea animals, they'd discover that discarded plastic fishing nets account for 80+% of the damage.

        • AlexF on 29/06/2018 - 08:24
          +13

          Additionally, with little practical alternative to household garbage bag, you’ll now need to buy instead of reuse free shopping bag.
          Undoubtedly, plastics manufacturers are ecstatic with inevitable increased demand with higher margins.

        • vr4indian on 29/06/2018 - 08:52
          +2

          There are already 3 large island of plastic near Indian Ocean , Pacific Ocean of size Alaska…how theyformed?? Ocean stream moves garbage dump into oceans from around the world slowly , steadily in one direction …

        • jv on 29/06/2018 - 09:03
          +14

          they'd discover that discarded plastic fishing nets account for 80+% of the damage.

          maybe they should bring in a law to use reusable fishing nets, rather than single use ones.

        • Savas on 29/06/2018 - 09:03

          @AlexF: Rather than buy bin liners, I think the idea is to reduce your waste.

        • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 09:21
          +1

          @AlexF: Coles sells biodegradable small garbage bags, about the size of the old throw away shopping bags. I use them now and they do the job perfectly. Woolworths doesn't offer these bio garbage bags (yet).

        • nedski on 29/06/2018 - 09:31

          Well in that case. LETS JUST DO NOTHING!

          Or take away all plastic bags and consumer's come up with their own ways to get their groceries home.

        • wittyusername on 29/06/2018 - 10:02

          Sources champ?

        • spaceflight on 29/06/2018 - 11:32

          that discarded plastic fishing nets account for 80+% of the damage.

          That's not even close to true.

          According to the World Wildlife Fund, 80 per cent of marine pollution is generated by land-based activities and it's having a devastating effect on our oceans.
          http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-12/what-you-can-do-to-…

        • snipeymcsnipesnipe on 29/06/2018 - 12:35

          @AlexF:
          We should just use bin bags for shopping, dirt cheap and durable.

          After these freebie ones have worn out ofc.

        • Lukian on 29/06/2018 - 16:25

          @simmomelb: yes they do. Woolies has the Multix, recently changed to brown cardboard label so easy to spot.

        • endotherm on 30/06/2018 - 03:04

          @vr4indian: Please provide a link to an image in Google Earth of this myth.

      • Maz78 on 29/06/2018 - 10:54
        +11

        BS. It's about money..
        They just spin the environmental line to make it sound like they're actually doing something other than increasing their bottom line

    • pennypincher98 on 29/06/2018 - 08:28
      +1

      I use ALDI bags at Woolies because I don't want to pay, I could be part of the reason they did this 😂

      • jv on 29/06/2018 - 09:03

        I use ALDI bags at Woolies because I don't want to pay

        How did you manage to get the ALDI ones for free?

      • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 09:22
        +2

        Huh? Aldi bags aren't free, they have never been.

        • Lukian on 29/06/2018 - 16:26
          +2

          They are if you don't get charged for them.

    • qtntom on 29/06/2018 - 08:58

      Coles stock in WW bags??? not compatible man..

      • jv on 29/06/2018 - 09:04
        +2

        You can get a Coles to Woolies converter on ebay…

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 09:55

      well,

      yes, asked at coles if they have lifetime bag replacement policy or they like the look of mean shopping at coles with woolies bags ….they didn’t say anything .

  • BangkokBreakfast on 29/06/2018 - 07:50
    +23

    That’s one heavy duty bin liner.

    • jvalkyrie on 29/06/2018 - 08:59
      +2

      Re-usable! I wonder if they're dishwasher safe :p

    • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 09:24
      +7

      Yeah, they only contain about 20 X more plastic, so environmentally friendly.

      • endotherm on 30/06/2018 - 03:08
        +1

        I want to know how the reusable bags have a magic property that prevents them from being discarded, entering waterways, killing fish and small marine life etc. like the disposables are said to. All that will happen now is that they will allegedly kill whales instead of sardines, as they are now 20 times deadlier.

        • Major Mess on 01/07/2018 - 08:42

          Shhhh! Don't spoil it for the kids.

  • twocsies on 29/06/2018 - 07:51
    +4

    I was very surprised that they switched to reusable bags without this type of promo. It's a good time to get a few.

    • bdl on 29/06/2018 - 08:35

      Why did I read that as "porno"? lol

      • D6C1 on 29/06/2018 - 08:41
        +3

        Morning wood perhaps?

    • sane on 29/06/2018 - 11:33

      Yeah, I thought Woolies were being smart by stopping issuing bags early. I expected them to have exactly this kind of offer, and for people to go to woolies to pick up their "free reuseable bag", before Coles did the same. Result = more sales and more advertising from everyone having their bags.

      Unfortunately they were just dumb and wanted to make money.

  • chb on 29/06/2018 - 07:54
    -4

    Finally, a move that shows they're not just in it to save money

    • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 08:01
      +29

      They are in it just to save money, this is just a PR stunt against the backlash.

      • JokerCandy on 29/06/2018 - 08:15
        +3

        Why does everything have to be win/lose? Woolworths shouldn't have to subsidise people's laziness to remember a bag or two.

        Woolworths saves some money, people become more environmentally conscious. Maybe that money gets reinvested into the price wars or hiring more people, maybe not, but I can't believe people are so cynical that we'd rather our businesses big or small take all the financial hit to be more environmentally friendly. Is a small locally owned newsagency charging 10c/bag also in it for the money?

        I'm the first person to get irrationally irritated that I've forgotten my bags and have to pay 15c for another one, and I love a good bargain as much as anyone here, but it's literally 15c, maybe 90c if you're doing a big shop. Perhaps if the Gov just charged us all 15c a day as an environment tax and everyone got to keep their plastic bags everyone would be happier?

        It honestly seems like we're the ones in it to save money (yes the irony of me posting this on OzB haha).

        To each their own; I'm happy to be challenged on this viewpoint :)

        • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 08:24
          +11

          "Woolworths shouldn't have to subsidise people's laziness to remember a bag or two."

          The free plastic bag was included in the price of shopping, now it no longer is, yet no saving has been passed onto the customer.

          They do have bags for purchase now though.

          So really, Woolworths/Coles aren't coming out ahead here?

        • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 08:26
          +31

          I can't believe people are so cynical

          When they sell bananas on a polystyrene tray and covered in plastic, or apples in a plastic tube so they can charge a premium, then any claim this is for the environment is laughable.

          It's all about profit while pretending it's to save the planet.

          What I can't believe is how people fall for their crap.

        • burningrage on 29/06/2018 - 08:41
          +2

          Wrong thing to say in OzB…. lol. We ARE into saving money. Cost of living skyrocket you know and its irony some people cry poor and stuff but happy to pay for plastic bag.

        • Rod71 on 29/06/2018 - 08:44

          @Scab: Exactly! Read somewhere that Colesworth will be $170M in front every year.

        • vr4indian on 29/06/2018 - 08:54

          @Rod71: 170M is what % of there profit or total turnover…

        • jv on 29/06/2018 - 09:07
          +7

          Woolworths shouldn't have to subsidise people's laziness to remember a bag or two.

          Often, you don't know you're going to the supermarket when you get a call in the afternoon to pick up groceries on the way home…

        • iseenya on 29/06/2018 - 09:08
          +1

          @FriendlyPhillip:
          Exactly, just like the self-serve checkouts = less staff needed, as customers do the work.

        • nedski on 29/06/2018 - 09:34
          -1

          @FriendlyPhillip:

          Everything you purchase has something included in the price to cover running the business.

          Accepting the argument about the "savings" they are making for plastic bags. Its probably 5c for your shop, now genius, come up with a way so that is reflected in prices storewide and is noticeable to the consumer.

          Christ, will you be asking for a discount if you learn that they have negotiated a better electricity deal for their stores as well?

        • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:04
          +3

          @FriendlyPhillip:

          the old free bags probably cost 0.001 cents per bag based on the volumes they bought ….. 100,000,000 per year.

          new ones cost they sell for 15c or 99c depending on type ….

          it’s a money spinner ,

          i want to see them hit the paper cups at cafes to save the environment ….in sure the cafe owners lobby will hit back …..how many coffees are impulse buys vs planned and you’d bring your own cup …..

          shoppers for bags are an easy target as they have no lobby group …environmentalists do have lobby groups …

          i want see the cafes and enironmentalists tackle tackle the cup issue … they will be told “f&$# off, we can’t sell coffee if people need to bring their own cups”.

        • Maz78 on 29/06/2018 - 10:56
          +3

          "but it's literally 15c, maybe 90c if you're doing a big shop."

          Add that up over a year and it will cost $$$.
          I'm not going to walk through a shopping centre for an hour or two with plastic bags ready to go in the event I need to do a shop.
          The existing bins also worked perfect as bin/rubbish bags.
          Don't be fooled, this is all about $ not the environment.

        • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 12:07
          +1

          @garage sale: "shoppers for bags are an easy target as they have no lobby group"

          They do now :)

        • JokerCandy on 29/06/2018 - 12:13
          +1

          @Scab:

          bananas on a polystyrene tray and covered in plastic, or apples in a plastic tube

          My question to that is that I always buy the fruit/veg that comes on its own and it's never crossed my mind to buy anything with additional packaging, but someone surely does otherwise it wouldn't be a product!

          Would you be able to educate me on why people do buy those groceries with the unnecessary packaging (especially as per kg they cost so much more than the unpackaged equivalent)?

          At the same time, in my mind if you're someone who is willing to pay for the extra packaging, surely 15c for that shopping bag is going to be nothing. My diet is basically decided by what is 50% off at Coles/Woolies and price/kg or /100ml is king to me, and as an OzB faithful you can bet that I'll be kicking myself repeatedly if I ever forget my bags and having to pay one $ more than I have to.

          We're all here talking about an extra few cents (or dollars over the year) when I think the bigger take away should be that we can teach our kids to be more environmentally conscious, even if we find the habits harder to form. Furthermore, even though the finer details are murky, I prefer to believe that Woolworths is being honest when it says any profit from these bags is going towards charity.

          I believe that Woolies and Coles did what they could to reduce the impact of the change but the level of backlash by the vocal minority (or just the media trying to make something of nothing) will just delay other companies from making the same change. It also distracts some of the more real problems in our society today (e.g. Australian banks being so profitable and anti-consumerist that even UK bankers are surprised).

          If anything, maybe the people who are so offended by having to pay for bags will vote with their wallets and take their business to local butchers and fruit/veg vendors and other local businesses as I keep telling myself I should.

  • fratzhaus on 29/06/2018 - 07:56

    I accidentally took one yesterday evening without paying. I feel slightly less bad now.

    • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 07:59
      +27

      You should be promoted to power user, wouldn't surprise me if the mods were talking about you right now.

    • burningrage on 29/06/2018 - 08:42

      Rather, like those people in the Western suburbs of VIC, they have been stacking them since months ago.

      No doubt many of us too.

    • RockSand on 29/06/2018 - 08:57
      +1

      you monster!

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:05

      get the dates wrong and you could be charged with theft …..

    • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 12:08
      +2

      And you didn't post the deal here???

  • Dontdoit on 29/06/2018 - 08:00
    +1

    If I can get about 430 bags for free at Horsham Woolworths I would be ahead.

    Adelaide to Horsham and back is about 860km.

    fuel economy of 5.5L/100km (Prius) means i need 5.5*8.6 = 47.3 liters of fuel.

    47.3*1.35 = $63.8 in Petrol

    Divide that by 15c bags is 68.3/.15 = 425.7

    • Sydgun on 29/06/2018 - 08:07

      I might grab a few + double bag

    • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 10:07

      TMTOH

    • JimmyLmao on 29/06/2018 - 11:52
      +1

      And you value your time as nothing? ;)

  • CDG on 29/06/2018 - 08:02

    how can i get a few boxes of that??

    • Scab on 29/06/2018 - 08:05
      +2

      Hire some daigou.

  • kungfupanda on 29/06/2018 - 08:03
    +1

    soon… we'll see Aldi to follow:
    To match competitions, Aldi will offer Free re-usable bag Dreaming
    lol…

  • tonyjg on 29/06/2018 - 08:03
    +4

    Would it be easy to bring my :

    • sack for the rice, breakfast cereals

    • my plastic (opps no plastic) - my wooden box for my breads

    • my wheelbarrow for the fruit and veges = just throw them all in - sans plastic

    • my drums for all of the liquids - there might be a few of them

    • my containers and can-openers (again can't be the devil plastic) for the tuna, beans, and everything else that is in a container ??

    • and my block of ice for the meats and cheeses ??

    anyway…. off to grab a take away coffee and maccas - and all of the wrappings that just go in the bin

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:08

      actually when i was a kid in europe ….you went to the supermarket with your milk bottle and they filled it from bulk … ahh the 60s.

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