BRING YOUR OWN BAG
Email received. It reads: Bring Your Own Bag on 18th Apr & 1st Wed of the Month
Good day to all,The National Environment Agency (NEA) together with the SingaporeEnvironment Council (SEC) and the major supermarkets would be launching thefirst Bring Your Own Bag Day (BYOBD) on 18 April 2007. This is inconjunction with Earth Day 2007. Subsequently, every first Wednesday of themonth will be a designated BYOBD. On BYOBD, shoppers who do not bring theirown shopping bags can purchase reusable bags available at the participatingsupermarkets or donate 10 cents for each plastic bag taken at the checkoutcounters.
Participating retailers for this round include Carrefour, Cold Storage, Giant, NTUC FairPrice, Prime Supermarket, Sheng Siong and Shop N Save (a total of about 200 outlets). Those who need plastic bags for their purchaseswill be prompted by checkout staff to make a token donation. This is toencourage shoppers to use reusable bags instead of single-use plastic bagsso as to minimise wastage of plastic bags. The donations collected will goto the SEC to fund its environmental activities. The details are in the attached press release and poster. Please support by bring your own bags for shopping on 18 Apr and BYOBD every month.
Email received. It reads: Bring Your Own Bag on 18th Apr & 1st Wed of the Month
Good day to all,The National Environment Agency (NEA) together with the SingaporeEnvironment Council (SEC) and the major supermarkets would be launching thefirst Bring Your Own Bag Day (BYOBD) on 18 April 2007. This is inconjunction with Earth Day 2007. Subsequently, every first Wednesday of themonth will be a designated BYOBD. On BYOBD, shoppers who do not bring theirown shopping bags can purchase reusable bags available at the participatingsupermarkets or donate 10 cents for each plastic bag taken at the checkoutcounters.
Participating retailers for this round include Carrefour, Cold Storage, Giant, NTUC FairPrice, Prime Supermarket, Sheng Siong and Shop N Save (a total of about 200 outlets). Those who need plastic bags for their purchaseswill be prompted by checkout staff to make a token donation. This is toencourage shoppers to use reusable bags instead of single-use plastic bagsso as to minimise wastage of plastic bags. The donations collected will goto the SEC to fund its environmental activities. The details are in the attached press release and poster. Please support by bring your own bags for shopping on 18 Apr and BYOBD every month.
So pathetic can. I wil nv do groceries shopping on wednesday. Spore always finding ways to earn money.
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