Eliminating Plastic Carry Out Bags
On July 22nd, Thrifty Foods stopped supplying plastic carry out bags to our customers. This decision was made with careful thought and consideration for our environment. You will also see from some of the information from the rest of the world, that we did not make this decision lightly. Please take a moment to review some of the links below. The more we all know the better for our world:
CFAX Show regarding eliminating plastic bags
Hear what Malcolm Webster and Jason Boudewyn had to say when they discussed this issue on CFAX on the Joe Easingwood Show on Monday July 13.
- CBC - Battle of the Bag documentary
- CRD - Recycling and Reusing Plastic Bags
- Plastic Bag Free - Plastic Facts
- Mommy Greenest - Plastic Facts
- Say No to Plastic Bags
- Save Our Planet from Plastic Plague
- Environmental Leader (Top UN Environmental Official: Ban Plastic Bags)
- Live Science (Plastic Bags a Major Problem for Marine Wildlife)
- The Greens (A website for kids about looking after the planet)
- China Daily (One year after plastic bag ban, how is China doing?)
- Greener Footprints (Helping customers, retailers and entire towns to go plastic bag free)
