Woolworths recently ditched its ‘Bag for Good’ shopping bags and replaced them with a version made out of 70 per cent recycled materials. Picture: news.com.au/Rebekah Scanlan ...

But when it comes to Woolworths bags the company has assured Yahoo, only post-consumer recycled paper is used. Woolworths bags are advertised as being made from at least 85 per cent recycled paper.

A Woolworths shopper was surprised to discover that the supermarket's limited edition Christmas shopping bags double as wrapping paper - but not everyone is pleased with the feature.

Furious Woolworths customers are taking to social media to vent about the 25c paper shopping bags, which replaced 15c plastic ones last month, with many saying they have serious flaws.

Woolworths has rolled out the second phase of its trial of specially-designed recycled paper bags for fashion, beauty and homeware purchases, in line with its vision to phase out single-use ...

These bags are made from 70 per cent recycled paper and are easy to recycle at home,” a Woolworths spokesperson told news.com.au.

Parent company Woolworths Group bragged in a media release in April 2021: “The supermarket has been working with Detpak to plan and grow local capacity since early 2020 to produce the paper bags ...

Woolworths Supermarkets director of stores, Jeanette Fenske, said in April the grocery store was “excited” to “complete our national journey to remove the 15-cent plastic shopping bags from ...

The festive-themed paper bags are priced the same as standard bags at 25 cents each, and have a dotted line along the bottom to guide shoppers while cutting. There's also a gift tag to cut out.

Image: PRIVATE MEDIA Woolworths has quietly abandoned a plan to make all of its paper bags in Australia and will continue outsourcing some of the production to China and Vietnam, Crikey can reveal.