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Langford Real Canadian Superstore bans plastic bags


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#1 amor de cosmos

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Posted 09 November 2007 - 09:22 AM

This is similar to what Ikea Canada is doing. They're charging $0.05 for each plastic bag, and the money they get from that goes to some environmental charity. Real Canadian seems to be going a step farther & getting rid of plastic bags altogether:

Langford store B.C.'s first to ban plastic bags

CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, November 09, 2007

VANCOUVER -- Shoppers at the Real Canadian Superstore in Langford will notice a big change when they check out their groceries beginning next Thursday: no plastic bags.

As part of the national retailer's green initiative, the grocery chain has selected the West Shore store -- which is being relaunched next week -- to be what it calls the first major grocery and general merchandise retail store in B.C. to eliminate traditional plastic bags at the checkout.

As part of the plan, each household in Langford will be mailed a complementary reusable "green bag" and a coupon for a free "green box" with a minimum $25 purchase. The green box fits into a shopping cart and holds the equivalent of three to five plastic bags worth of groceries.

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IN THE BAG
- Estimated number of plastic bags that are handed out worldwide each minute: one million.
- Estimated number of plastic bags that end up in landfills each year worldwide: 500 billion to one trillion.
- Estimated volume of plastic bags that end up in Canadian landfills each year: 28 million kilograms.
- Number of plastic bags Canadians use each year: 10 billion.
- Number of plastic bags that Loblaw Companies Limited hopes to reduce from Canada's landfills in a year: one billion.
- Estimated energy equivalent saved when one tonne of plastic bags is reused or recycled: 11 barrels of oil.


http://www.canada.co...fa63541&k=27369

#2 Ms. B. Havin

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Posted 09 November 2007 - 09:38 AM

Superstore has charged 5 cents per bag for years, which is why most people already bring their own bags & cardboard boxes to the store. It makes sense for them to stop even selling the bags now since they've been "training" their customers for ages. Good for them.

Of course, if this keeps up, I'll eventually have to pay for plastic kitchen bin liners! I use the store bags for that now! :)
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#3 ariesdude

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Posted 03 February 2009 - 11:59 AM

There is also such a thing as bio-degradable plastic bags now...I think the stores should consider using these instead of ridding bags altogether...
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