Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Jeffrey Dahmer Schizoid

The 3R Carrefour Spain: Reuse, recycling and reducing plastic bag consumption

Since yesterday, no customer of the distribution chain Carrefour will receive plastic bags for single use. This decision has made the chain of hypermarkets in the industry's first reusable bags bet that your client gift during the transition period, in order to preserve the environment and take on a new challenge in their sustainable policy. Carrefour is the only network in Spain that commitment to environmentally-friendly, there are eco-consumer market with its store, Alcampo, Eroski BonPreu and also put up the plan to remove the plastic bags.


The initiative, introduced in stages all Carrefour hypermarkets and supermarkets in Spain, aims to promote sustainable reuse of materials so necessary to the continuity the planet. Thus, which aims to promote awareness about their customers Carrefour is based on three axes, the 3R: the reuse, recycling boost and reduce consumption of plastic bags for single use. also finance specific projects of environmental and social action with SEO / Birdlife, Fapas, Global Nature, Caritas Food Bank and Red Cross.

Image: www.carrefour.es


employees within Store-specific courses have been informing customers of this change in shopping habits. With the implementation of this project, the chain anticipates the implementation of the Integrated National Waste Plan.


Spain is the third European country to use plastic bags for single use, each person uses each year an average of 238 of these bags. In contrast, the use of reusable bags, each person can save his life along more than 18,000 non-reusable plastic bags.

http://www.carrefour.es/grupo_carrefour/sala_prensa_09/260609_bolsas.html

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