Stores can solve plastic bag problem
As the most popular newspaper in Ottawa, you have another scoop.
Without government interference Loblaws leads the way in solving the plastic bag glut in the world. Loblaws values the plastic bags and will reward you with instant cash refund when you bring them back.
Keep this week’s bags and lug them back to any Loblaws to get instant cash. All you do is buy enough groceries to fill the bags you return and you get three cents for each bag filled. (Groceries are extra.)
Now that is a real saving. You can use the same bag week after week and get the same cash reward. Imagine, you can run this saving into $1.56 per bag cash rebate in a year.
Forget about governments speading thousands on enforcing the law or advertising campaings. Accurate statistics can be provided by Loblaws daily by store by cashier.
There is a rumour without foundation that the ‘Man from Glad’ is debating whether or not to take a stand on this matter; on one hand if Loblaws pays people to bring back old bags, sales of the strong bags for garbage increase; on the other hand with the established price of three cents there is presure to reduce the price of the Glad bag.
In an unauthorized survey of garbage cans in the city, Lowblaws plastic outstrips Glad by a wide margin. We started saving money this way years ago.
The problem is we must continue with Loblaws because other companies may not cash bonus alien bags.
Keep the government out of solving the Old Bag problem. Private enterprise can do it better. The govenment would use it as another tax grab.
Matt McGrath
MacLaren Street