{"id":2507,"date":"2018-07-03T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/waitrose-plastic-reduction\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T11:33:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:33:36","slug":"waitrose-plastic-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/news\/waitrose-plastic-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Waitrose Has Reported A Reduction Of 74% For Plastic Bag Usage Proving The Levy On Plastic Bags Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waitrose announced it was implementing a surcharge last month, of 25 fils per plastic bag – in a big to reduce plastic consumption in the supermarkets.<\/p>\n

And today, the chain announced it has seen a 74% reduction in plastic bag output – selling 5,728 bags in two weeks.<\/p>\n

The chain announced the move, which was implemented on June 16, across five Abu Dhabi stores: Waitrose Etihad Towers, Waitrose Sun and Sky Reem Island, Waitrose Al Zeina, Waitrose Saadiyat Beach Community and Waitrose Eastern Mangroves.<\/p>\n

There’s also a recycling programme for plastic bags<\/h3>\n

Shoppers can deposit used plastic bags for other shoppers to reuse, and will be rolled out across all Waitrose stores.<\/p>\n

It’s a good start, hopefully more supermarkets implement these methods<\/h3>\n

Zoom marketstores have reverted to using brown paper bags instead of plastic too.<\/p>\n

It follows International Plastic Bag Free Day – which is today.<\/p>\n

Read: <\/em>10 Ways You Can Help Reduce The Terrifying Amounts Of Plastics In The World’s Oceans<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n

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