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Target calls it a wrap on plastic bags
The retail giant Target has confirmed it will ban plastic bags in its 283 Australian stores next month. It will be the first large retailer to break ranks and ban bags on environmental grounds.
Instead of issuing plastic bags to shoppers at checkouts, from June 1 Target will require shoppers to either bring their own bags or buy reusable bags for $1 each or compostable corn starch bags for 10 cents each.
Target says the ban will stop 100 million plastic bags from going into landfill and polluting the environment each year - or just under 3 per cent of the 4 billion bags that pass through Australian checkouts each year.
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I’m not the biggest hippie-thumper out there, but I own 3-resuable grocery bags myself, and enjoy seeing the reduction in waste going out in my trash cans.
…but I use the plastic bags as the bags for my little bathroom garbage can. Oh, nevermind, it’s only Australia.
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elderdave reblogged this from davereed and added:
Great….except for the part where 90% of those cornstarch bags will go into general waste anyway (i.e. landfill) because...
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lightningbaron reblogged this from davereed and added:
Ditto. I own 3 too. Heck, most of what passes for “environmentalism” these days pisses me off – but you have to be a...
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spacecat reblogged this from davereed and added:
Okay, let me tell you a true story of how Target treats their customers. This past Christmas I received a record player...
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savvymac reblogged this from davereed and added:
Well I think this is just fantastic. More people need to be brave enough to do stuff like this, sure some customers will...
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n1ghtcrwler reblogged this from davereed and added:
…but I use the plastic bags as the bags for my little bathroom garbage can. Oh, nevermind, it’s only Australia.
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bigjon reblogged this from davereed and added:
I hope they do that over here soon. Our local Target is being overrun by the Walmart crowd. So not only would this help...
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I’m not the biggest hippie-thumper out there, but I own 3-resuable grocery bags myself, and enjoy seeing the reduction...
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Target calls it a wrap on plastic bags The...giant Target has confirmed it will ban...
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kateskute reblogged this from robotsalsa and added:
i wish that we could do this here. and target’s reusable bags are so cute and only 99 cents!
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