Dear Margaret
At House and Home in Oban we've been discouraging the use of plastic bags for almost
eighteen months. We always ask "Do you need a bag?" and never just hand out bags.
We also placed a charge of 10p on plastic carriers.
We don't keep the money but have a local charity nominated every month and leave a jar
on the counters to collect the money. We have given over £700 to various local charities, reduced our plastic usage by a half (to the point that the Edinburgh company we bought from has closed) and all in all feel we are doing our bit towards the environment.
We've been shouted at by regular customers who feel we've a cheek to charge for bags and
accused of trying to increase our profit with the charge but in the main most people are
willing to pay and we've found that more and more folk are coming in with their own bags.
Eighteen months has seen big changes. It would be good if all the shops did the same!
Regards
Gwyneth
Wednesday 12 August 2009
Spread the word: one Oban shop has donated generously to charity
I would like to share this feedback received on 11th August from Gwyneth Neal at House & Home Oban. Very many thanks, Gwyneth, and congratulations on your imaginative scheme and generosity!
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Have you heard of the web site www.againanda-gain.com? It has a series of reusable nets and bags that are meant for fruit and veg but are great for anything from golf balls to hairbrushes to general tidies....
Certainly help on the eradication of the one-use bags.
Excellent, Debbie, thank you for this link. I'll write up a post so it is more visible.
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