Big W joins major supermarkets in phasing out plastic bags
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Walmart is phasing out single-use plastic bags from 111 stores
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BIG W confirms major checkout change will affect every customer
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Woolworths and Coles to phase out single-use plastic bags
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Full list of stores where shoppers are hit with surcharge on
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Plastic straw bans are spreading: here's how they took over the world
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Sobeys phasing out plastic bags from all stores by February, 2020 - The Globe and Mail
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Canada is banning single-use plastics by the end of the year
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Walmart Plans to Remove Plastic Bags from Stores
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Why you should actually reuse that reusable bag - Vancouver Is Awesome
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Big W bans plastic bags, Woolworths handing out free reusable bags