Woolies changing how online orders are packed from 20 June

[zanadoo_56]

Emailed to Woolies online customers today:

MESSAGE TO ONLINE CUSTOMERS FROM WOOLWORTHS.

To help reduce our impact on the environment, we've committed to removing single-use plastic bags in store and online nationwide from 20 June.

As part of this commitment, online orders will soon be packed into reusable bags or, if you select our 'crate to bench' delivery service, packed directly into our delivery crates and then unpacked by your delivery driver when they arrive.

For the reusable bags, $1.00 will be added per order.

Alternatively, if you will be at home for your delivery and select our 'crate to bench' service, $3.50 will be added to your order.

Why are we making this change?

The removal of single-use plastic bags at the checkout nationwide has been a really important topic for our customers and our team. Our commitment will help to remove the over 3.2 billion single-use plastic shopping bags which Woolworths Group currently gives out every year. While this is a great step forward, we know that more needs to be done. We're working hard on a number of initiatives to remove, reduce and recycle plastic packaging across our business.

What does this mean?

When you shop online with us from 20 June, you can choose at checkout to have your order packed into reusable bags or use our 'crate to bench' delivery service.

Reusable bags (available for Pick up and Delivery orders): Made from at least 80% recycled plastic and designed to be reused and then recycled. To recycle your bags, please return them to a REDcycle bin in store, or return them to your delivery driver with a following order. For the reusable bags, $1.00 will be added to your order.

'Crate to bench' service (available for Delivery orders only): To use this service you'll need to be home for your delivery driver to help unpack your groceries, so this option is not available if you select 'leave unattended' at checkout. For food safety reasons, you'll find some products will still be packed into produce or reusable bags. For this service, $3.50 will be added to your order.

We are continuing to trial and review new ways to pack online orders and are hoping to offer a further range of options in the future.

Neeldess to say Woolies customers opinion haas been scathing...particular as Coles already unpacks your groceries without plastic bags from 'crate to bench' for FREE.

Good one Woolies - penalising customers for NOT using plastic bags.

[chameleon54]

The obvious answer is for supermarkets to re-use the cardboard cartons the groceries are sent to the wharehouse in. Many country IGA & Foodland supermarkets already do this with my local not supplying any bags at all to customers. The boxes are bio-degradeable, already used once and can be used for a multitude of things around the house. Storage, packing ebay sales items in, starting the evening fire with or as mulch in the garden. Our local foodland grocery store even accepts clean boxes back again to be used once more for packing groceries.

The trouble is many people are too up themselves to recieve their groceries in used cardboard cartons. It doesnt match in with thier very important job, the shiny black or silver SUV's in the driveway or the 24 hour air conditioned McMansion with pebblestone concrete and bright green fake lawn.

Its those gullible, vain and stupid people, lead by the advertising gurus who promote that life-style that are killing the planet.

[bright.ton42]

So does that mean we only have a choice between  paying $1 for bags,  or  $3.50  for crate to bench?

What if we don't want either?

[imastawka]

Shop online with Coles.

They don't charge for bench delivery, apparently.

What is happening at Coles online? 

We will not be offering any single-use plastic carry bags at any Coles businesses after we phase out single-use plastic bags including shopping online. For Click&Collect customers, groceries will be packed into Coles Better Bags, at a cost of 15c per bag; Home delivery customers will be presented with two bagging options when you place your online order:

• No bags. Your groceries will be delivered in a crate, which will be unpacked in your home. Some items such as fruit and vegetables will continue to be provided to you in clear fresh produce bags without handles, or
• Bagged. Your groceries will be delivered bagged in the Coles Better Bags, at a cost of 15c per bag.

https://www.coles.com.au/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/environment/bags

[ooak3]

im glad we are one of the few house holds that this wont affect , as we can just keep using our everyday 

reusable bags ......... we refuse to buy garbage bags so will just use those tiny free green bags the coucil gives out for vegi scraps 

we make so small amout of rubbish that we will get away with doing that 

we recycle everything possable and vegie scraps go in the worm farm 

[zanadoo_56]

I had a worm farm some years ago - in a nice shady spot and food scraps aplenty.  Then I had a spell in hospital.....over a hot summer.  With no one to care for them they either escaped (I hope) or died.  In any case the worm farm had no worms at all by the time I got home..

I've been hospital since so I don't think I'll risk keeping them again.  It was fun at the time though.  Just boarding the cat while I was ill cost me thousands of dollars even when the cattery gave me a discount.

[ooak3]

we lost a lot of ours this past summer , it was full of them but the heat was to much even though they are in the shade and hubby puts

an ice block in on the hottest days .......... but we just stopped putting any scraps in for a few weeks now its full of worms again so we 

were lucky , it's a shame you cant risk having them again , they do such a great job 

[zanadoo_56]

I sold the worm farm containers and instructions, so there's no going back. 

Perhaps there should be a place to send them to be looked after like the cat. (In my case the hospital visit was unexpected and very late at night so no time to organise something.  It was hard enough to get someone out to collect the cat.  I rang an awful lot of numbers hoping someone would come out before the ambulance turned up.  It was a close thing).

[ooak3]

that would have been a nasti worry for you , at the worst time when you were getting carted off to hospital 

lucky you found someone, would have been rotten laying in the hospital bed worried sick about your fur baby 

that's the drawback with pets they are like kids a huge amount of worry if you dont have back up , as we dont so we cant 

have any