At FairPrice, shoppers can soon donate reusable bags for other shoppers to take. Read more at straitstimes.com.
have largely seen a smooth roll-out on Monday, with shoppers bringing their own plastic and reusable bags.
Mr Kao Chuo, 60, who was shopping at Sheng Siong supermarket in Potong Pasir, said he has been bringing his own reusable bag every day for almost six years for his purchases at the outlet. Another shopper at the same FairPrice outlet, Madam Toh Lay Choo, had to purchase two plastic bags. The 63-year-old did not have reusable shopping bags with her because she had not planned to buy groceries.
Mr Chan Tee Sing, chief sustainability officer at FairPrice Group, said: “We want to also assure everybody that we are doing our part to be vigilant, to make sure that people do pay even in the self-checkout situation.
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