Wegmans To Eliminate Plastic Bags In PA Stores

PENNSYLVANIA — Following a national trend aiming to eliminate waste and promote sustainable practices. Wegmans supermarkets will remove all single use plastic bags from its stores in Pennsylvania.

Bans have already been implemented at the municipal area around Pennsylvania, starting with Narberth.

Completing our transition out of single-use plastic bags across the company is a big celebration as we continue to expand our sustainability efforts and focus on doing what’s right for the environment,” Jason Wadsworth, Wegmans category merchant for packaging, energy, and sustainability, said in a statement.

Paper bags will replace plastic, and reusable bags will be promoted.

Wegmans says they hope to remove plastic bags from all of their stores nationwide by the end of 2022.

The transition will begin in Pennsylvania stores on Sept. 22.

Wegmans has 18 locations in the Keystone State.