IKEA's “No More Plastic Bag” movement
A lot has happened since IKEA eliminated plastic bags from its retail stores, says the company
-- Packaging Digest, 4/30/2009 12:15:00 PM
It's been over six months since IKEA said “no more plastic bags” to be offered at IKEA US stores ... only go reusable. And since that time, a lot has happened. According to the company, cities across the country took heed and decided to jump in the bagless effort … or at least started a recycling program.
In March 2007, IKEA became the first major U.S. retailer to discontinue distributing free reusable plastic bags at checkout in all its U.S. stores. Many cities across America have followed suit, placing taxes and bans on disposable plastic bags.
According to the company, cities that are considering or have taken actions to ban retail availability of disposable plastic bags, or institute a disposable plastic bag tax include Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Dallas, District of Columbia, Baltimore, Detroit, Miami, Seattle, Portland and West Sacramento.
Plastic bag recycling centers and collection sites have begun to appear or are planned to begin appearing in retail outlets in cities including Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas and New York. Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Orlando and San Diego are supporting voluntary programs that encourage use of reusable shopping bags as well as disposable plastic bag recycling.
Source: IKEA
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They lost a very good costumer who spend a lots of money in their stores. NO MOORE!!! I had to walk out of the store with many items in my hand, dropping items all the way to my car!!!! It is totally ridiculous idea from Ikea not to give shopping bags. Sorry Ikea it is your loss!!!!
Arron Barsky - 2010-9-4 14:05:21 EDT -
It's also been 6 months since I've bought anything at IKEA. Why? Because they don't announce that they've stopped giving bags before you enter their store. I've gone shopping at lunch and filled a basket, only to abandon it because of the no bag policy. Had they posted a sign at the front door, I would have walked back to my car and gotten my own canvas bags instead of being coerced to buy theirs. This smug, self-congratulatory, arrogant approach has lost them a very valuable customer.
GJWG - 2009-21-10 08:26:00 EDT
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