The Warehouse, announces plans to charge customers 10 cents per plastic bag at the checkout; effective 20th April 2009. The initiative is in an effort to reduce unnecessary plastic bag use and to encourage the use of re-usable bags.
The Warehouse was one of the first to sign the Packaging Accord in 2004 (a Government initiative designed to cut down on wasteful packaging.) Please refer to http://www.packagingaccord.org.nz for more information.
New Zealanders: Use a 1.14 billion plastic shopping bags every year 40,000 plastic bags go to landfill every HOUR
** Trial of Government and Industry Charge on Plastic Bags, 20 October 2008
*** AC Neilson Plastic Bag Report, 26 June 2009
The Public's biggest Gripe:
61% of consumers use their plastic shopping bags as bin liners.
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