Supermarket Morrisons has confirmed it will ban plastic packaging from bananas that are sold in store.
The store - one of the so called Big Six in England - confirmed the news to the media this week as part of a crackdown on single-use plastic.
On Tuesday September 21, it was confirmed the measure across all Morrisons stores would be the first of its kind in a UK retailer.
It is unclear whether Morrisons' rivals - from Britain's biggest grocer Tesco, to the second largest chain Sainsbury's - follow, Birmingham Live reports.
Morrisons has other rivals in the form of budget favourites Lidl and Aldi, as well as more traditional rival Asda, which was sold off in a huge deal earlier this year.
The retailer, based in Yorkshire, said 45 million single-use plastic carrier bags will be taken out of circulation through the gesture.
Elio Biondo, banana buyer for Morrisons, said: "Bananas have their own packaging - their skins.
"They also grow in bunches which generally means they don't need bagging together, so a simple sturdy paper band is the ideal alternative.
"In trials the quality of the bananas has remained the same, so this switch out of plastic is a no-brainer."
Instead of plastic packaging, there will instead be paper bands keeping bananas held together in fruit and veg aisles across the country.
The move from Morrisons comes following a successful trial, it confirmed.
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