Positive response to Vinnes' plastic bag ban

Updated May 2 2018 - 12:38pm, first published April 27 2018 - 11:00am
Ban a success: St Vincent de Paul's Kim Boyd says the decision to ban plastic bag use at its stores had been successful. Photo: supplied
Ban a success: St Vincent de Paul's Kim Boyd says the decision to ban plastic bag use at its stores had been successful. Photo: supplied

Sales figures from Vinnies shops throughout the Mid-North Coast show that in the first three months after plastic bags were phased out a total of 49,997 single-use bags were removed from circulation.

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