Organic grocery store giant Whole Foods Market has announced that customers soon will be hearing a different question at the checkout stand: Recycled paper or reusable bag?
Starting on April 22 Earth Day plastic bags no longer will be an option, company officials said last week. The reusable bags, made from 80 percent recycled materials, will cost 99 cents each.
A.C. Gallo, Whole Foods co-president and chief operating officer, said in a statement on the company’s Web site that pilot programs in San Francisco, Toronto and Austin, Texas, “created a great forum for discussion and awareness” among customers.
If only such awareness would rub off on U.S. policymakers.
Source: Las Vegas Sun
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