GEJI 2009: Project Plastic Bags

Sydney supermarket shoppers are using more new plastic bags than those in other major cities, including Melbourne, London and Hong Kong, according to a survey of more than 4000 customers conducted by University of Technology journalism students in March this year writes Shushu He.

Australian travel with a difference. Explore the plastic bag issue with our two GEJI reporters from the University of Hamburg, Imke Emmerich and Laura Schneider.

Watch a video of Imke Emmerich and Laura Schneider talking about their findings in Sydney:

A GEJI investigation conducted on Saturday morning, March 21, 2009, observed plastic bags being given away freely at the Coles supermarket in Caulfield Plaza, south-eastern Melbourne, with no recyclable green bags available.