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Watch out for "Greenwashing"!
As SourceWatch defines it "Greenwashing is what corporations do when they try to make themselves look more environmentally friendly than they really are."
MSNBC.com, 2.21.07
Sweden's IKEA will charge U.S. customers five cents for disposable plastic shopping bags in what the international furniture giant said on Wednesday was a first step to ending their use altogether.
IKEA said the decision to stop giving away free bags to customers aimed to reduce the estimated 100 billion bags thrown away by all U.S. consumers each year.
IKEA is believed to be first retailer in the United States to undertake such a program, according to National Retail Federation spokesman Scott Krugman.
MSNBC.com
Provigo Inc., 4.4.06
MONTREAL, April 3 /CNW Telbec/ - The Provigo Inc. banners-Loblaws, Maxi & Cie, Maxi, Provigo, L'intermarché, Axep and Club Entrepôt Provigo-in partnership with the Quebec Environment Foundation (QEF) are proud to introduce a variety of ways to help reduce the use of plastic bags in their network of 456 stores throughout Quebec.
"A helping hand for the environment" will be the slogan as Quebec's largest grocery retailer launches a reusable bag and an Eco-bin, which will enable customers to do something positive for the environment.
http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/April2006/03/c1551.html
RedNova, 3.30.06
HK supermarket vows to cut plastic bags HONG KONG, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Another supermarket chain, China Resources Vanguard, announced here Thursday to reduce distribution of plastic shopping bags.
This is the third voluntary agreement signed after similar agreements with Wellcome and PARKnSHOP in February and March.
China Resources Vanguard pledged to reduce plastic bag distribution at its retail outlets by at least 15 percent in one year.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/452074/hk_supermarket_vows_t
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, 3.20.06
Recognizing that plastic shopping bags are one of the top contributors to litter and pollution throughout the United States, Albertsons announced today that its California and Nevada stores will each adopt a park, playground or beach to clean-up in an effort to bring attention to and help mitigate this problem...
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060320/lam026.html?.v=39
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, 1.18.06
SACRAMENTO, Calif.----Jan. 18, 2006--Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced the statewide rollout of the Wal-Mart Kids Recycling Challenge, a private/public partnership that helps California elementary school students become responsible stewards of their environment while earning money for their schools.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060118/20060118005020.html?.v=1
The Border Mail, 3.9.05
Albury Bunnings Warehouse customers have gone on a reusable bag spending spree. Since September, 2003, the store has sold 10,163 red and green environment bags and helped slash the amount of plastic polluting the environment.
Nationally, the hardware stores reusable bag sales have cut 21 million plastic bags from Australias tips, parks, roadsides and waterways.
http://www.bordermail.com.au/newsflow/pageitem?page_id=911950
Progressive Grocer, 3.1.05
SPOKANE, Wash. -- At a time when San Francisco and some other cities are considering imposing fees on grocery bags to cut down on pollution from bag waste, Yoke's Fresh Markets here is set to become the first grocery chain in the nation to offer 100 percent degradable plastic bags that the company says are just as strong as nondegradable bags and can still be reused.
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Cape Times, 10.27.04
Cape Town, South Africa. The government's phasing out of plastic bags will directly benefit 7500 primary school learners countrywide allowing them to visit South Africa's national parks over the next three years.
Pick 'n Pay introduced "green bags" after the law forced retailers to charge their customers for plastic bags. For the sale of the "green bag" at R5, the chain will return R1 to a special environmental fund, which in turn has contributed to the "Kids in the Park" fund.
http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=22
Associated Press, 7.17.03
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is going to court to prevent wares bought at rival Kmart from going for a spin at the register.
A way to make putting items in plastic bags even more mindless...Is this really where big retailers need to be spending their resources? How about doing something positive to CUT DOWN on plastic bag consumption like offering a $.10 credit for each reusable bag a customer brings in? Visit our Take Action section and write them today!
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-07-17-wal-ma
The Age, 4.19.03
A confidential report has revealed that Australia's big retailers have ignored government targets to halve the use of plastic bags.
The retail industry has detailed its plan to tackle plastic bag litter in a draft national code of practice. The code, leaked to The Age, makes no mention of halving the 6.9 billion bags used by shoppers each year - a target set by federal and state environment ministers in December.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/18/1053196474484.html
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