Boots Chemist on Donegal Place , is one of the chain's first stores to make the switch from plastic to paper bags today.
Boots has said it will phase out all plastic bags from stores, replacing them with paper bags by 2020.
Some 53 of the high street chemist's stores will stop offering plastic bags from today, as the company plans to cut 900 tonnes of plastic overall from its store operations.
Instead, it will offer recycled brown bags costing 5p, 7p and 10p - depending on size. The company said all profits will be donated to BBC Children in Need.
Helen Normoyle, director of marketing at Boots, said: "Our new paper bags have been carefully tested to make sure that, over their entire lifecycle, they are better for the environment, whilst still being a sturdy, practical option for customers who haven't brought their own bags with them when shopping."
Boots managing director Seb James said: "Plastic waste is undoubtedly one of the most important issues around the world today with TV shows like Blue Planet highlighting the effects of plastic pollution ... the move to unbleached paper bags is another pivotal moment in that journey.
"There is no doubt that our customers expect us to act and this change signifies a huge step away from our reliance on plastic."
The 53 Boots stores going plastic-free
- Nottingham Victoria Centre
- Derby Intu Shopping Centre
- Sheffield Meadowhall Shopping Centre
- Cambridge Petty Cury,
- Peterborough Queensgate Centre
- Manchester Trafford Centre
- London Canary Wharf Canada
- Bristol Broadmead
- Milton Keynes Crown Walk,
- Exeter High Street
- Cardiff Queen Street
- Oxford Cornmarket Street
- Plymouth Drake Circus
- Leeds Trinity
- Belfast Donegal Place
- Edinburgh 101 Princes Street
- Aberdeen Bon Accord Centre
- Newcastle Eldon Square
- London Sedley Place
- London Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- London Liverpool St Station
- Watford The Harlequin
- Bromley The Glades Shopping Centre
- Kingston Upon Thames Union Street
- London Kensington
- Southampton Above Bar Street
- West Thurrock Lakeside Shopping Centre
- Brighton North Street
- Jersey St Helier Queen Street
- London Piccadilly Circus
- Dartford Bluewater Park
- London 193 Oxford Street
- Liverpool Clayton Square Shopping Centre
- Manchester Market Street
- Birmingham High Street
- Canterbury Whitefriars Shopping Centre
- Chelmsford High Chelmer
- London White City Shopping Centre
- York 43 Coney Street
- Bath Southgate Centre
- London Stratford City
- Dudley Merry Hill Centre
- Bristol Cribbs Causeway
- Reading Oracle Centre
- Lincoln High Street
- Gateshead Metro Centre
- Salcombe Fore Street
- Glasgow Braehead Centre
- Glasgow Buchanan Gallery
- Liverpool New Mersey Retail Park
- Leicester Fosse Park
- Glasgow Fort
- Covent Garden
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