The local Co-op’s are now placing customers items in brown paper bags instead of the usual plastic. The paper bags are made from recyclable paper and are more environmentally friendly compared to the old plastic ones. This is a great move and one that I would have expected from other supermarkets like Sultan Center or Carrefour but not the Co-ops.
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noticed that, great move
The coops needed to do this a long time ago!
i am really happy that we are doing it ;)
but who sortes his grabage? like plastics and paper? i guess here in kuwait plastic or paper will will be thorwn in trash and not recycled by the garbage company!
still, even if you throw away paper its still healthier for the environment compared to plastic which takes like 40 years or something to degrade.
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They won’t last forever, they only have one million bag then they will go back to the old plastic bag!
Oh hahahhahahaha how precious. This will only make it harder on the poor bengali guy who has to actually carry mama’s bags all the way to her car.
It’s a great initiative, but Kuwait needs to go farther, this is just not enough and may end up being more disastrous in the long run.
Plastic takes decades to degrade for sure, but putting paper bags without recycling means more trees cut, more desertification, etc.
At least a large portion of plastic bags are re-used at home, by the maid, etc.
The best campaign is to push people:
1- NOT to throw their sh** out of their car windows when they are done eating or whatever
2- Re-use the co-op plastic bags when shopping, or for transporting stuff, or whatever you can do. Re-use those plastic bags as trash bags in your toilet for ex.
3- Stop using small plastic bottles and instead use larger ones when you can. If you need to have water handy, re-use a water bottle or get a nice small container.
It’s harder to carry, can’t hold enough shit, and will rip easily.
Plus with the way the bagger would place them inside it’s either gonna rip or gonna need more bags to be used and more time too.
..but hey, anything for the environment. =)
pfft..
:: A friend of mine told me about it few days ago ! i like the idea now people cann’t see what im buying hehe
I was really surprised a month or two ago when i noticed that Mansoriya CO-OP was using biodegradable plastic (or what seemed like plastic) bags. They are the only CO-OP I have noticed so far doing this. I am very happy people are getting with the program. I don’t think they teach kids enough about the effects of pollution, conservation, global warming etc in school here.
Most of our school books haven’t changed in 30 years, even the typos are the same.
plastic is easier for kuwait to produce and cheaper, its a good move but its also a costly move for kuwait. plastic bags cheeper mor convienient. now what are people going to use for trashbags in those small trashcans
Carrefour id it Before. it is good that COOP follow the leader.