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A woman packs her grocery shopping in disposable bags outside a supermarket in Singapore. for each disposable carrier bag will begin on 3 July.
About 400 supermarket outlets - or two-thirds of all outlets here - will be applying the charge for disposable shopping bags of all materials. These outlets are by operators with an annual turnover of more than $100 million: NTUC FairPrice, Cold Storage, Giant, Sheng Siong and Prime. The charge will not apply to non-carrier bags such as flat-top plastic bags for fresh produce, meat or seafood.The move to make the bag charge compulsory at large supermarkets is part of several proposed amendments to the Resource Sustainability Act tabled in Parliament last month.
A number of smaller retailers and some supermarkets have already been charging for plastic and paper shopping bags. These include The Body Shop, H&M, Guardian, Watsons, 7-Eleven, 11 FairPrice outlets and 178 Cheers and FairPrice Xpress stores.
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