Whole Foods Stores Up Designer Bag Hysteria
by Trey Granger
Published on July 18th, 2007
1 Comment
CNN reports that hundreds of people formed lines outside Whole Foods stores in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York for designer canvas bags on Wednesday morning. The bags (which featured the wording “I’m not a plastic bag” on them) were not part of a fundraiser, but instead designed to raise awareness of the impact plastic bags have on the environment.
“The small number of bags, priced at $15 each, did little to dissuade consumer interest. Whole Foods’ Edgewater, N.J.-location had more than 300 people waiting in the rain, according to Shanks.”
The bags are already selling on Craigslist and eBay for giant profits, so it’s safe to say that not everyone in attendance was there strictly to show support for the environment. However, CNN coverage should generate plenty of extra attention for the environment and campaign, which was the original intent of selling the bags.
jabenso
posted on July 24th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Cardboard Boxes are a great alternative to plastic & canvas bags. I use (& re-use) a medium cardboard box on each trip to the grocery store. This is great for a few reasons:
-no plastic bags are used
-my groceries don’t roll around while driving home
-the box is durable for longer re-use
-the box is recyclable after I’m finished with it
-a box can be used for additional tasks at home
Ask your local grocery store manager to provide access to some of the store’s cardboard boxes that the products you buy were shipped to the store in. Place these near the checkout lanes to give customers a choice in how they “bag up” their groceries. Not only can you then re-use this box for grocery or other tasks, but this reduces the number of plastic bags bought buy the store and the number of boxes the store needs to dispose of. When finished just recycle the box.