Aldi stops selling reusable plastic bags in push towards paper

Aldi is now selling paper bags instead of plastic in an environmental push. Photo: Getty

Aldi shoppers can now purchase only paper bags for their groceries as the German supermarket chain joins its Australian rivals in phasing out reusable plastic bags.

Aldi said on Thursday that it had stopped selling its 15-cent plastic bags would was instead offering a 25-cent paper bag that customers could recycle in their personal bins.