reusable bags

The Canadian branch of multinational retailer Walmart has pledged to remove single-use plastic shopping bags across its operations.

The retailer will discontinue the bags for both its in-store and online grocery pickup and delivery orders.

This move is expected to keep 750 million plastic bags out of circulation a year.

It comes after a successful pilot project Walmart Canada launched in August across ten stores, in which almost six million plastic bags were diverted.

The announcement comes as it publishes a new report ‘Bag to Rights’ which sets out new policy recommendations for Government.

As part of this move, and ahead of the new carrier bag levy increase coming in to place, the convenience retailer will also roll out compostable carriers to all stores to ensure that customers are able to purchase a low-cost, low impact alternative bag with a sustainable second use.