No Plastic Bags Campaign

I could not help noticing a lady carrying a bag that says,"Say no to plastic bags" on her shoulder when her other hand was holding a hypermarket plastic bag. She must have got the Say no bag at a pharmacy during one of those campaigns to discourage the use of plastic bags.

In fact this week alone I have declined the plastic bag three times when shopping. I wish the pharmacies will do a year round campaign instead of a short monthly one. In this way, the charity organizations will get steady incomes if the campaign succeeded as the pharmacy will contribute a small portion of the sales to them.

The campaigns by Jusco, Tesco, Giant and Carrefour is on a long term but the idea is not passed on to the customer by the cashiers. They dish out the plastic bags generously despite the notice at the till that plastic bags are precious and should be sparingly used. Even though Tesco gives Green Clubcard points to customers who decline to use the plastic bags, yet the cashiers never give the customer the option.

Maybe these companies should come out with a Green reward system for their cashiers to promote the idea like the reward system for the cashiers for selling mobile reloads.

Meanwhile, I will continue to bring the green bags when I go shopping. But I would be challenged when the bags won't be enough to bring home a whole cart load of groceries.