Ikea Promotes Reusable Shopping Bags
Ikea is encouraging its customers reduce the use of "throw-away" plastic shopping bags and to use a reusable bag. The driver is to charge for a "throw-away" bag and donate the moneys to an environmental group. Details below:
"... join us in reducing plastic bags usage by 50% - from 70 million to 35 million in the first year. Beginning March 15th we will charge 5 cents for every "throw-away" plastic bag. All proceeds* from the first year of this program will be donated to American Forests, ... to plant trees and offset CO2 emissions. "
"WHY? The amount of plastic shopping bags that we all use once and toss is overwhelming.
- The average family of 4 accumulates 1460 plastic shopping bags a year
- 100 billion are given away each year in the US
- Plus it can take up to 1,000 years for a plastic bag to break down in the environment."
"REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE! IKEA has a great alternative to "throw-away" plastic bags- the IKEA Blue Bag. We've reduced the price on this large, reusable and durable bag to 59 cents. One of these bags can replace hundreds of "throw-away" plastic bags and has lots of great uses!"
"* A maximum contribution of $1,750,000 within 12 months"