It is now very common to see the new woven shopping bags in most major supermarkets and shopping outlets rather than the standard plastic carriers. These are often given away for free with purchases over a certain amount or sold and the proceeds given to a charity.
IKEA, an international chain that is based in Sweden, offers reusable bags for their customers. This is just one of the many ways that IKEA helps to keep their costs down and to attract new customers to their store. The chain has always been praised for being forward-thinking and offering great deals, and this is seen even through their reusable bags, which are help build the store’s reputation as being eco-friendly.
Stores such as Asda in the UK and Wal-Mart in the United States and Mexico also offer reusable grocery bags. A small number of the stores are running a pilot program where they do not provide paper or plastic shopping bags, but only reusable grocery bags it is actually saving money in the long run and is giving the store a better reputation.
A lot of places have now completely prohibited the usage of plastic carrier bags in a bid to become more economy friendly and stop people filling the land fills with plastic carriers that will take hundreds of years to decompose. This is paving the way for smaller businesses to begin doing the same and following the example set by other, more world renowned companies.
