Morrisons will become the first British supermarket to welcome plastic-free fruit and veg areas.
Up to 127 varieties of fruit and vegetables will be available to buy loose or in recyclable paper bags in many Morrisons stores as the change rolls out this year.
The move comes after a 10 month trial in stores in Skipton, Guiseley and St Ives, where fruit and veg sales increased by an average of 40%, reports Birmingham Live .
The ‘buy bagless’ shelves are expected to result in a similar switch from bagged to loose, which would save an estimated three tonnes of plastic a week.
Alongside this, customers will still have the chance to buy packaged veg from a neighbouring section, if they choose.
The loose range will include essentials such as carrots, potatoes and onions, as well as celeriac, cauliflowers, white cabbage, and chestnut mushrooms .
The fruit sections will offer apples, pears, oranges, along with figs, persimmons and pomegranates.
Drew Kirk, fruit and veg director at Morrisons said: “Many of our customers would like the option of buying their fruit and veg loose.
"So we’re creating an area of our greengrocery with no plastic where they can pick as much or as little as they like.
"We’re going back to using traditional greengrocery and we hope customers appreciate the choice.”
The loose fruit and veg areas will be rolled out in 60 Morrisons stores during the course of 2019, before continuing to be introduced as part of the supermarket’s refurbishment programme nationwide.
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