HELP SAVE THE PLANET WITH ‘BAGS FOR LIFE’
Orange is turning green again today! Following hot on the heels of free ‘Bags for Life’ in April, Sainsbury’s at Sheffield’s Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre have taken up the initiative once again on Tuesday 29th May to give away even more free supplies of 10p environmentally friendly re-usable shopping bags in a bid to reduce the use of disposable carrier bags.
“Sainsbury’s strongly believe that encouraging customers to shop with re-usable bags is the best solution - so ‘Bags for Life’ say what they really are! We’ll give you a new one made from 100% recycled material when the old one is worn out, thus reducing the 50 million standard bags that go to landfill each year.” Explained John Bailey, Store Manager. “UK retailers have agreed to reduce the overall environmental impact of their carrier bags by 25% by the end of 2008 and our Sainsbury’s at Crystal Peaks wants to be at the forefront of these green issues by encouraging our community shoppers to re-use these more ‘permanent’ alternatives.” He added, “Nationally Sainsburys have agreed to support the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) which manages waste prevention for the four governments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It’s an agreement that gives some flexibility because issues such as store location, format, frequency of visit, product range and average spend per shopping visit are all factors which have an impact on the potential for reducing the environmental impact of bags and the programme also recognises that a number of retailers are already addressing the issue through a variety of approaches like ours. For example by encouraging customers to reduce significantly the number of carrier bags they use; reducing the impact of each carrier bag - like our ‘green generation’ disposable which has a 33% high proportion of recycled material content as well as 10% chalk cutting the use of raw plastic by 43% with aims to increase the content even more in future, and if its’ returned to us we’ll make it into a new one. With these initiatives, I think we can be successful in bringing about a change at local level. ”
Commenting, Local Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw said: "Consumers are increasingly aware that they can make positive choices to help the environment in the way they shop. By signing up to this statement, the UK's retailers have also committed to help their customers to reduce, reuse and recycle their carrier bags." If achieved, the 25% reduction target could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 58,500 tonnes a year - equivalent to taking 18,000 cars off the road for a year. It is another example of the simple practical measures that can be taken to help tackle climate change.
29th May 2007
Serial No. 51058
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