Aussie retailer Big W has followed the major supermarkets in announcing a phasing out of soft plastic shopping bags.
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Shoppers will no longer have the option to buy the 15 cent bags or the larger 45 cent bags at checkout as stock is run down in the coming weeks.
Customers are being encouraged to bring their own.
Big W managing director Dan Hake said the move would take more than 480 tonnes of plastic out of circulation annually.
"Since we stopped giving away single-use plastic bags in 2018, we've seen an incredible effort from our customers to change the way they shop for the better by bringing their own bags," he said.
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Customers will be able to buy paper shopping bags that are designed to be reused and made from recycled paper.
Other reusable bags are available for those who don't bring their own including a new 99 cent reusable bag made from at least 70 per cent recycled content.
Western Australia's Big W stores have already adopted the change in line with the state's ban on plastic bags in mid-2022.
Big W is part of Woolworths Group. Woolies will stop selling plastic bags by June. Coles is also ditching its plastic bags from June.
