Coles to stop selling soft-plastic shopping bags by end of June

Move to reduce unnecessary packaging at the checkout is expected to take 230m plastic bags from circulation nationwide within a year

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Coles has promised to phase out soft-plastic shopping bags in-store and online by the end of next month.

The supermarket chain says its remaining supply of soft-plastic bags will be run down in the coming weeks and it will cease selling them by the end of June.

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