Australian retailer Coles has joined forces with Landcare Australia to help reduce the seven billion plastic check-out bags that Australians use every year.


As part of Landcare Week (1-7 September), Coles is encouraging consumers to return their plastic bags to their stores in a bid to help set a new industry benchmark in responsible packaging.


Throughout September, for each plastic bag returned, the Australian retailer will donate money to the Junior Landcare School Garden Grant programme


For each plastic shopping bag returned to Coles throughout September, the retailer will donate money towards the Junior Landcare School Garden Grant program – a nationwide initiative that allows schools, kindergartens and community groups to develop environmental projects such as water-efficient gardens.


“Junior Landcare teaches tomorrow’s adults how important it is to work together now to help save the environment,” said Coles environment manager, Paul Lang. “It also teaches them fundamental gardening, cultivating and environmental tools, such as how to run a household composting system, that will stay with them for life.”

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Landcare Australia CEO, Brian Scarsbrick, said: “In a study conducted by Junior Landcare this year, 96% of respondents were worried about climate change.”


The survey, which targeted young people with an average age of 12, also showed that nearly 40% of respondents thought doing something to help the environment was the most important consideration today.


In addition to the funding given to Landcare from the Go Green fund, which sees 10c of every Go Green Bag, Calico Bag, Smart Box and R Box sold donated to support Clean Up Australia and Landcare initiatives, Coles gives grants to Landcare for projects that tackle the problem of salinity.

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