Coles and Woolworths’ plastic bag ban and the choices that remain

What is and isn't being phased out? And how effective will the new policy be?

By the end of June, most of Australia's major supermarkets will have stopped handing out single-use plastic bags.

Woolworths, Coles, and the Queensland and Western Australian governments are all phasing out lightweight shopping bags, potentially preventing billions of bags from finding their way into landfill or oceans.