Tasmanians will need to continue forking out 15 cents for reusable plastic bags at Woolworths, despite mainlanders getting them for free.
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On Friday the supermarket giant announced it would hand out free reusable bags for the next 10 days to New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia customers.
The freebies come a week after Woolies stopped providing free single-use plastic bags to those states.
Woolworths sell the reusable plastic bags for 15 cents, but the bags will be dished out for free on the mainland until July 8.
Woolworths managing director Claire Peters said customers have told them getting into the habit of bringing their own reusable bags has been a challenge.
“While some customers have forgotten their reusable bags altogether, many have done the right thing and brought their own only to end up one or two reusable bags short,” she said.
“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.”
Single-use plastic bags were banned in Tasmania in 2013.
