A supermarket chain is to remove traditional plastic bags for loose fruit and vegetables from its stores by spring next year and 5p single-use plastic bags by March, replacing them with compostable bags in each case. This will save 134 million plastic bags, the equivalent of 500 tonnes of plastic a year, and make it the first nationwide chain to remove them from the fruit and vegetable aisles. However, there are problems associated with the compostable bags that will replace the plastic ones. This plan to replace plastic bags should be opposed.