IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishings company, was one of the first to impose a fee on plastic bags. IKEA started the fee back in 2007, which was three years before Plastic Bag Ban started. However, I felt that you would like to read their press release from back then.…
Ocean Beach People’s Organic Food Co-op Market serves the neighborhood of Ocean Beach, California. The Co-op mostly sells vegetables and produce with a huge variety of organic produce. The Market also sells milk and dairy products and has an on-premise deli. In September, the Co-op announced that starting in January…
Fred Meyer Stores in Portland, Oregon, USA will eliminate plastic bags beginning August 1st, 2010. The plastic bag ban will be a test at the stores within the Portland city limits. According to the news release, the company has already tested the idea at their Hawthorne store. The experiment has…
Plastic Bags are a habit of convenience – they are not a necessity of life. Earth Fare, the healthy supermarket, is kicking the habit. They have launched their own plastic bag ban in their stores. The company philosophy is: ‘What we do to the Earth, we do to ourselves.’ Earth…
‘No Bag Policy’ Protects Environment Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, with 36 stores currently in Colorado, Texas, Utah and New Mexico, went totally bag-free on Earth Day 2009. Natural Grocers provides no carry-out bag at the point of purchase. Shoppers bring their own recurrent tote bags or use recycled boxes.…
On 1 June, 2009 Target Australia eliminated plastic shopping bags. The month prior to the ban, the company educated their customers about how to shop without the use of plastic bags. The customers were trained through the use of a dedicated education campaign, in-store signage, and staff members at the…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowans will see something new when they enter the grocery store that is intended to help change consumer habits and create awareness for plastic bag recycling. Starting January 11, customers entering Iowa grocery stores will get their first look at Build with Bags, a program led…
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) chooses compostable bags manufactured by Cardia Bioplastics to replace plastic bags, which were banned by the South Australian Government in May 2009. Monday 01 February 2010 KFC selected Cardia’s compostable bags following comprehensive in store trials that were completed in 2009 with first commercial orders received.…
Dari Mart is phasing out plastic bags and replacing them with a reusable fabric shopping bag. Dari Mart is a local convenience store chain based in Junction City, Oregon, and has 43 stores throughout the central Willamette Valley. The following article is reprinted by permission of The Creswell Chronicle, Creswell,…
Whole Foods Markets banned plastic bags on Earth Day 2008. Here is a video about that event: Here is a reprint of news release on April 6, 2009 from Whole Foods Market. The news release details results of the plastic bag ban one year later. More Shoppers Bring Their Own…
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