Retailers in Austin, Texas are promising to change the world, one plastic shopping bag at a time. Several retailers have promised to reduce the amount of plastic bags being used.
A new agreement among retailers in the Texas city is expected to reduce plastic bag usage by 50 percent by June 2009.
Some of the companies that have already jumped on the bandwagon are Walgreens, Wal-Mart, H.E.B., Target, Randall’s and Whole Foods. Whole Foods, in fact, has already banned plastic bags and encourages its customers to purchase reusable bags available at all Whole Foods locations.
In another move, Austin is going to begin plastic bag recycling curbside later this year.
