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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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  • airpoe on 29/06/2018 - 08:04

    I have a feeling they might run out!!

    I wonder can you just take one or will they need to be given to you for it to be free?

    • EightImmortals on 29/06/2018 - 08:07

      I'd say they give you what you need on your way through the checkout.

  • EightImmortals on 29/06/2018 - 08:07
    +2

    Just wondering, if they can supply us with free non-biodegradable bags as they have been doing then why not supply us with free biodegradable ones now? Obviously they factor these operating costs into their pricing model anyway?

  • grababargain on 29/06/2018 - 08:10

    What have we done to the baggy green?

    • [Deactivated] on 29/06/2018 - 11:11
      -1

      We gave it to a bunch of self-entitled porcupine quills that decided to misuse sandpaper instead.

  • ilikeit on 29/06/2018 - 08:12
    +16

    It's cheaper to hand out free bags, than have customers buy less than they can carry.

  • Gandalf the Thrifty on 29/06/2018 - 08:15
    +4

    Eww you actually read news.com.au ?

  • aladdin on 29/06/2018 - 08:17

    Am thinking if single use bag is biodegradable so should be good for everyone and environment? Or better have reusable bag which may be worst to environment if one do not care and never reuse it again..?

    • Ozymandias on 29/06/2018 - 08:29
      +1

      Better to have both in the form of the fabric bags and use them for a few years.

  • blehgg on 29/06/2018 - 08:24
    +19

    This is terrible….

    I'm all for dropping the 15c bag all together and go 100% canvas….

    The whole point of this was to get rid of plastic bags… not make it thicker…

    • placard on 29/06/2018 - 08:31
      +4

      I agree…people are still going to be lazy and just pay 15c each time and throw these thicker plastic bags away - they are worse for the environment unless reused about 20 times, as the cost to produce them is more than the old plastic bags.

      I see people every time I'm at Aldi, just grab more plastic bags as they can't remember/organise themselves to bring the old ones.

      We should be going to fabric bags that can be reused.

      I heard of people going to Coles and stealing great wads of these old plastic bags - for what purposes? They still have to remember to bring them to the shops, otherwise just using them as garbage bags - well in that case they are just being tight arse - garbage bags cost $1-2 for heaps.

      It's amazing how people are getting so worked up over this change. I mean we are just going back to how we used to do things before plastic bags came in - it's just a matter of organising yourself - go home, unpack shopping, place bags back into car - easy.

      I remember reading about the outrage when mandatory seat belts came in too - now, no one thinks twice about it.

      • EightImmortals on 29/06/2018 - 09:00
        +4

        Actually before plastic bags they used to supply paper bags, but sure, back in the '30s I guess they used to take their own bags. :)

      • altomic on 29/06/2018 - 09:02
        +4

        i always forget bags at Aldi and i'm too cheap to buy their bags. i always grab an empty box from the shelves.

        • blehgg on 29/06/2018 - 09:05
          +4

          If I was Coles, I'd create those mountains of boxes again from unpacking and let people use them

          would be good for publicity against woolworths
          at least they are recyclable

      • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:13
        +1

        garbage bags are 10c each ….. a family easily uses 2 per day , say one for scraps and one for the dog poo from dog walk ….$1.40 per week, $72 per year ….. minimum

        people make it on t. if they can save $72 per year on their shopping , or reduce their energy bill, etc.

      • Homr on 29/06/2018 - 12:22
        +1

        Some people live in high rise apartments which are 20+ floors and I seriously cbf going all the way down again just to put back the resuable bag back in my car.

    • Mrs W on 29/06/2018 - 12:10

      Everytime I see a deal where you get a free canvas/fabric tote with products I was going to buy anyways I take advantage (I shop at Costco too, no bags. I have a BeNatural one that has the perfect length handle (long enough to pop on my shoulder and have the bag dangle around the hip area). I would pay for fabric ones, especially because if something spills in it you just chuck it in the wash because it's cotton.

    • IWoNdEr on 29/06/2018 - 18:38

      Totally agree.
      Most plastic bag from supermarket end up being rubbish bags.
      Making it thicker so it is "reusable" is just making things worse for environment long term.

      Why not give out or sell paper bag?

  • sandman87 on 29/06/2018 - 08:27
    +5

    "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"

    This wont help them form new habits, you're giving them a free bag like they've been used to for decades. They need to go cold turkey. People will work it out in the end and if they wanna have a whinge about how hard it is to remember a bag, then eff em.

  • dealsniper on 29/06/2018 - 08:28

    are they only giving out the biodegradable platic one or the 99c cloth ones too?

    • pennypincher98 on 29/06/2018 - 08:30
      -1

      Lol those cloth ones are so unhygienic. Especially those people that keep them next to their bin!

      But yes, I do use the ALDI ones. I just leave them to air out afterwards.

      • Jhonka on 29/06/2018 - 09:43
        +1

        Love when they get soaked in chicken juice.

        • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:15

          chicken juice …like kfc ?

      • peterpeterpumpkin on 29/06/2018 - 09:50

        The ALDI ones can really stain your clothing if the outer parts get moist or wet.

      • spaceflight on 29/06/2018 - 11:36
        -1

        Lol those cloth ones are so unhygienic

        How?

        Bactria doesn't live for ever.

        If you got something on it like blood from meat the water will evaporate meaning that the bacteria can't live and it will be dead by the next time you use the bag.

        • Untameable on 29/06/2018 - 14:56

          This is incorrect. The bacteria live on no matter how "dry" it seems.

        • spaceflight on 29/06/2018 - 19:16

          @Untameable:

          Unless you want to specify a bacteria, you're wrong.

          Generally speaking dry, soft surfaces are not ideal for microorganisms to live. Especially when humidity is less than 10%

      • Mrs W on 29/06/2018 - 12:12

        Ew, people keep them next to the bin?

        My cloth bags get emptied out and left on the table by the front door so that I can pop them in the boot next time I'm heading out. Getting caught out at places like costco with no bags can be so annoying.

        Are the woolworths cloth bags washable at all?

        • pennypincher98 on 29/06/2018 - 13:21

          Yes people keep them by the bin.
          It disgusts me, but obviously other people don't care.

        • Untameable on 29/06/2018 - 14:56

          They really should make the bags washable. Are they?

        • spaceflight on 29/06/2018 - 19:13

          @Untameable:

          Yes, why wouldn't they be

  • Ozymandias on 29/06/2018 - 08:28
    +2

    I know we like to take advantage of free things here, but please don't go and grab a dozen just because you can - get a couple if you don't have any already, but don't make the bag ban a net negative for the environment by using them for a bin liner or something.
    Better yet, grab a couple of fabric bags and use them for a few years! They'll last way longer than the slightly thicker plastic ones anyway.

  • Rumbaar on 29/06/2018 - 08:40
    +2

    I look forward to the cost saving of not having to supply millions of 'free' plastic bags, is passed onto the customers.

    Now we get to pay for non-biodegradable land fill.

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:17

      the cost would have tiny compared to what you spend due to the volumes …..probabaly cost 0.001 c per bag ….

      haven’t seem numbers from coles or woolies what the old bags cost each, just how many were used …..

    • inherentchoice on 29/06/2018 - 11:23

      It might save the supermarkets in terms of material costs. But now labour costs will be higher as it will take longer to process customers through the checkouts. It takes longer to open and position the bags, plus they have to scan the bags too if they were just bought at the checkout. Not to mention it takes longer to deal with all the angry customers who don't like the change.

      • Mrs W on 29/06/2018 - 12:13
        +2

        I got frustrated with myself at the self checkouts at woolworths the other day. I had a cloth bag but i was trying to keep it open so that I could quickly scan and bag and the damn thing wouldn't stay open.

        • Untameable on 29/06/2018 - 14:57
          +1

          The machines have also had trouble registering "heavy" bags when you put them down as a stolen item. I see the self-checkout people having to go from machine to machine to machine recalibrating constantly.

        • Lukian on 29/06/2018 - 16:34

          @Untameable: where do you live that machines still have their weight sensors turned on?

          I've been happily throwing my backpack on the Woolies ones for at least a year.

  • sleet on 29/06/2018 - 08:40
    +3

    I don't understand. People must be living under a rock if they didn't know the two big supermarket chains won't have plastic bags. It has been advertised in store for months, on the radio, on tv, people have been talking about it.

    People can be so lazy and unorganised. If some can afford a packet of chips for $1.70 I'm sure they can also afford to purchase those reusable bags for 99c. Those bags might cost more energy to produce equivalent to 50 plastic bags etc etc but at least they are not as toxic and a choking hazard for marine life.

    • burningrage on 29/06/2018 - 08:49
      +9

      Its the principle that obviously many people (hopefully huge majority) are against with.

      The so called single use plastic bag is not single use. Many use it for other purposes like containing rubbish, scooping pet crap, and for me, to carry items non food related.

      Then its the transfer of cost from vendor to customer as it used to be part of service and their groceries are not cheaper.

      And lastly, the whole thing about marine thingy dont happen here as mentioned in productivity commission report.

      So its built on a lie in an effort to increase profit.

      • miicah on 29/06/2018 - 09:06
        +1

        Ok, so it's not single use, but all your other uses are only two uses. I have a woolworths green bag that I bought when they first brought them out, so that bag is at least 5-6 years old. Do you think that I've used that bag more than twice?

        • Mrs W on 29/06/2018 - 12:15
          +3

          But people will still be buying plastic bags for their rubbish/dog crap/etc. So then they are buying bags with the same amount of plastic which only have one use. Don't get me wrong, I do like using reusable bags, but the free plastic ones were useful.

    • kururii on 29/06/2018 - 09:58
      +1

      People are too used to advertisements that they probably filtered it out.

      Plus, Woolworths wording was ambiguous.

      Single-use plastic bag free from 20 June

      My first reaction: What are you talking about? I never had to pay for the bags lol.

  • MelbBargainChaser77 on 29/06/2018 - 08:46
    +6

    This is all about getting the jump on Coles. Woolworths isnt about saving the environment. Its about returning the biggest possible profit to its stakeholders. They see an oportunity to go one up on Coles who will start charging for plastic bags from Sunday , so they jump in with this tacky marketing gimmick to give free bags. If woolworths gave any **** about the environment, theyd stop selling I dunno, apples, corn, bananas, tomatoes, pumpkin in unesessary plasic sleeves, and trays. Just sayin.

    • Count Shagula on 29/06/2018 - 13:04

      No it’s more about saving face as Woolies jumped the gun on the ban and have been slammed by their customers since. Those customers have been shopping at Coles for the last few days as you still get free bags there

  • twww on 29/06/2018 - 08:47
    +8

    Picture of the 99c bag but giving away the 15c bag!

  • grababargain on 29/06/2018 - 08:56

    Let's give away our own free OzBagreen fabric bag.

    • Lukian on 29/06/2018 - 16:37

      The ozbargain baggu is plastic.

  • avgbowlofpho on 29/06/2018 - 09:03
    +1

    But where's SA?

    • dryandra on 29/06/2018 - 09:34
      +1

      Right above all other states.

  • altomic on 29/06/2018 - 09:04
    +4

    buys 1 freddo frog · "can i have a bag for that?"
    receives bag · "can i have a bag for that bag?"

    repeat

    • jv on 29/06/2018 - 09:08
      +5

      I individually bag my bananas.

      • inherentchoice on 29/06/2018 - 11:24
        +2

        I noticed a lot of OzBargainers individually bag jv.

        • airpoe on 29/06/2018 - 15:40

          my work colleague brought 2 packs of arnotts biscuits & tock 2 bags;)

  • vchung916 on 29/06/2018 - 09:27
    +1

    My guess is that because sales dropped a lot after they stopped offering free plastic bags since 20 June and people are switching to Coles instead.

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:20

      i did, milk is same price, bread is the same price , went to coles instead …..

    • LordSydney on 30/06/2018 - 10:17

      It’s true. Having to buy bags pissed me off so much I shop at coles instead for now until they stop offering free ones.

  • Vyviel on 29/06/2018 - 09:30

    Glad to see common sense has prevailed and they are helping the simple minded people who can't deal with remembering to bring a bag shopping =P Strangely this wasnt needed in the other states…

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:23

      it’s why the SA economy is dead ….. too hard to go shopping unles you remembered to bring own bag , how do you create growth and jobs if people don’t shop as much …

  • dryandra on 29/06/2018 - 09:32
    +4

    People are such cry babies about this ban.

    • garage sale on 29/06/2018 - 10:29
      +2

      i think it’s the exemptions that make it look like a scam ….
      thicker bags are exempt
      cafes can still supply wasteful non recycleable cups
      if you want to be serious then charge extra for the pet bottles at supermarkets ….you can fill own drink bottle from tap, no need to buy bottled.

      these bags were an easy PR target , let’s see them tackle the bulkier polluters.

      cafes, drink manufacturers etc all have financially backed lobby groups that will protect their interests ,

      • payless69 on 29/06/2018 - 12:32

        the local council dumped a few thousand brand new drinking straws into the garbage with huge media coverage about how green that move was. Straight away someone else ordered more for the so called disabled service. Just wonderful!

  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 29/06/2018 - 09:46
    +3

    sweet, now I can choke dolphins to death more effectively

  • pufffdragon on 29/06/2018 - 10:10
    +4

    The virtue signalling from people who love the ban, has flown off the radar! Learn to think for yourselves you brainwashed fools.

    I work for one of the major supermarkets and I can tell you, you have been fed a very comforting lie. But that's what most people want unfortunately.

  • cya on 29/06/2018 - 10:17
    +1

    Just keep in mind these are not “free” but complimentary to the people who forgot their bags at home or ran out of bags while shopping.

    • 11112007 on 29/06/2018 - 11:32

      Cool, I'll use the self serve and scan 50 bags.

      • payless69 on 29/06/2018 - 12:33

        make sure you also c
        scan the rewards card and the staff card to get your perks and a lifetime warranty.

  • cdaddy on 29/06/2018 - 10:25

    Just got some at my local. Still being advertised as 15 cents, but they are free. They make you scan them in and it gets reduced to 0 cents. I guess this means they can track how many they gave out and stops people walking in grabbing a few and walking out.

    • Lukian on 29/06/2018 - 16:40

      Scan the first one, then scan and bag the rest?

    • Employeecrayner @ Woolworths on 29/06/2018 - 17:55
      +1

      They need to be scanned for inventory/replenishment purposes.

      • tooblue on 30/06/2018 - 20:30
        +1

        So previously these so called "single use" plastic bags have unlimited supply and don't have inventory/replenishment issue.

        • [Deactivated] on 06/07/2018 - 21:27

          It's free data. It's not for inventory use at all.

  • h4zey on 29/06/2018 - 10:49

    Stock up and sell it for 10c after the free period ends

  • pennypincher98 on 29/06/2018 - 10:51
    +1

    Lol there is literally a guy at Macquarie Woolies that's giving them to you as you walk in..

  • inherentchoice on 29/06/2018 - 11:06

    Here is what the bags look like:

    https://cdn0.woolworths.media/content/content/reusable-bag-1…

    • LordSydney on 30/06/2018 - 10:19

      Crappy bags that self-destruct after a few uses.

  • petry on 29/06/2018 - 11:15

    woolys made a profit of 1.5 billion last year.

    half yearly is up 35% this year - a few free plastic bags to offset more savings - what a load of crap.

    • payless69 on 29/06/2018 - 12:26

      depends on the book fiddlers, the Masters disaster made them burn 4 Billions and the stupid shoppers will have to pay for it!

      • petry on 29/06/2018 - 12:31
        -1

        that was a handshake deal with wesfarmers - get rid of masters, we'll sell coles………

        done and dusted.

  • payless69 on 29/06/2018 - 12:20
    +2

    Welcome to the new Socialist Republic of Australia! The PM keeps dipping and partying with a blondie, the deputy does not know how to use a condom….

  • neofelis on 29/06/2018 - 12:35
    +1

    Let's get real about these new "reusable" shopping bags. They're not designed to last forever only a couple of times and they're so thick that they will cause so much more damage to the environment than the old ones.

    It's just been a stupid move all round bringing these in, give it 5 years and you'll see what im talking about. I don't even think these new bags COULD decompose. It would take so many years!

    Whoever supported ban the bag is insane and has just made the environment 100x worse off.

    These bags are also imported from Germany, it's not as if we're recycling our old rubbish. Australia no longer recycles because China banned it all, It all goes into land fill which then winds up in the sea harming animals, just now it will be 100x worse.

  • Relapse on 29/06/2018 - 12:41

    My plan is just to buy garbage bags and use those….

  • Count Shagula on 29/06/2018 - 12:59
    +5

    I got my hands on a few boxes of the old grey bags, I have thousands of them. I will enjoy taking a bunch into Colesworths each shop for the next 15 years

  • power71 on 29/06/2018 - 13:04
    +1

    These thicker plastic bags are just going to suffocate the sea-life quicker. If the Government's were real on this, they would only offer the 99 cent heavy duty bags or go back to paper bags like the 70s. (even though paper bags apparently aren't environmentally friendly because of the energy used to produce)

  • DrABCDEFG on 29/06/2018 - 13:28
    +4

    maybe they should have offered a 15c discount for every customer that brings in their own bag for the transition period rather than this. people would be just as forgetful or angry after the 8th of July.

  • philwill on 29/06/2018 - 13:37
    +3

    I thought the whole purpose was to remove plastic. Single use plastics are bad for the environment, but so are the bio bags which break down into even smaller particles. These particles end up in our ocean, in our fish and no doubt back on the shelves inside the fish… and guess who eats fish. Time to get real and get rid of these plastics. Grab a canvass bag and use it all the time. Get inspired… https://skyoceanrescue.com/about-sky-ocean-rescue/about-the-…

    • petry on 29/06/2018 - 15:25

      get inspired do something about the state of aussie politics - wait that's 2 hard!

      so play with plastic bags….be an action hero!

  • Rod71 on 29/06/2018 - 15:33
    +5

    I blame Waleed Aly and the other imbeciles from The Project.

  • srvfan on 29/06/2018 - 16:09

    Just was at Woolworths an hour ago and the checkout operator told me that the bags "are complimentary from next week" and proceeded to scan and charge me for them… Brisbane Airport store. All the 15c signs were still up next to them, too.

    • srvfan on 29/06/2018 - 16:15
      +2

      Checked the receipt and the bag cost was actually deducted on it. Guess the operator had been told the wrong dates.

  • Employeecrayner @ Woolworths on 29/06/2018 - 17:53
    +2

    In Tasmania we went through our own state government mandated "bag ban" back in 2013 following the ACT in 2011 and SA in 2009, now customers are completely accustomed to bringing their own bags or purchasing a 15c bag should they be without. The only exception to this has been tourists, particularly those from other mainland states who have on one end have been initially confused, but eventually understanding of the premise, while at the other end of the spectrum there are those who've been aggressive and unreasonable about the prospect of paying a mere 15c extra.

    It is understandable that a checkout operator may be your final (or usually your only) point of contact in the supermarket, but it is never acceptable to take out your frustrations over this change on a checkout operator, someone who is probably in their first job and if after 6pm, or on Saturday or Sunday, is probably underpaid.[1][2]

    • pufffdragon on 29/06/2018 - 19:32

      I've actually had staff take their frustrations out on me. I rocked with 3different size bags and this guy was shitty with me about it, all because they wouldn't fit the rack. One bag was too big and he had to dismantle the rack.

      I didn't ask for the bags to be taken away yet I'm the one being treated like an idiot for it because it inconveinced his day.

      • nailpolish86 on 29/06/2018 - 22:33

        The staff didn't ask for the bags to be taken away either ;). If bags are annoying I joke about how annoying they are. And bear in mind your 3 annoying bags are not his only annoying bags for the day inconveniencing him. EVERYONE has ridiculous ideas of what they can put their groceries in, especially when people are like "fill it up" to 30kg yeah no worries mate.

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