Loblaw to Charge for Plastic Bags Canada Wide
Loblaw to Charge for Plastic Bags Canada Wide 
Effective Earth Day 2009 (April 22, 2009) all corporate and participating Loblaw franchise stores nationally will no longer provide complimentary plastic shopping bags at check-out. Loblaw will continue to encourage customers to use alternatives to plastic bags, enhance its offer of affordable reusable bag options and charge $0.05 per plastic shopping bag, when they are requested by customers.
The majority of the proceeds from the sale of plastic shopping bags will be used to cover the cost of the Loblaw plastic bag reduction program. Partial proceeds from Loblaw corporate stores will be donated to environmental charities/groups, which will be announced next year.
Loblaw expect a 55% reduction in plastic bags issued in 2009, representing approximately 1 billion plastic bags.
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