IKEA joins the Green Environment movement
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Started March 15, 2007, the IKEA supermarkets would not give the plastic bags for free to their customers. Each bag will be charged for $0.05, and money will be sent to the American Forests conservation organization.
Those are great news, because some people will be forced to re-use bags, and not just throw them away. It’s mostly a psychological move, but a lot of people will re-use them. Similar step should reduce the plastic bag usage by 50%.
From my trips to Europe, I know that most of the European Supermarkets are already charging for the plastic bags since early 2003, thus the amount of trash on the streets was reduced as well (if you’ve paid money for a plastic bag, are you going to throw it away?! - another psychological trick).
Seems like the Swedish trade company is bringing the good habits overseas here - and I’m glad they do.
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