[Vision2020] Co-op Offers Cash Incentive to Use Reusable Bags

[Carl Westberg]

I'm delighted to report that, despite Donovan's disapproval, the Co-Op does 
remarkably well without the much cherished Donovan J. Arnold Seal of 
Approval.  Hard to believe.   Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Bill London <london at moscow.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Co-op Offers Cash Incentive to Use Reusable Bags
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:25:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
>WOW, ten cents! Too bad the Co-Op takes it back from you with outrageous 
>prices.
>
>   You ought to use that change to raise your non livable starvation slave 
>labor starting wages of $6,50 an hour.
>
>   Could you live on the wages the Co-Op pays their workers?
>
>   Best,
>
>   Donovan
>
>
>
>Bill London <london at moscow.com> wrote:
>           Moscow Food Co-op Offers Cash Incentive to Use Reusable Bags
>
>The Moscow Food Co-op is now offering a refund of ten cents each time 
>customers use their own permanent shopping bag. This includes backpacks, 
>bike panniers, string bags, cloth bags, and anything else that is 
>“permanent.” Recycled paper or plastic bags will not qualify for the 
>discount.
>“We respect those who bring in recycled paper and plastic bags, but we want 
>to encourage habits that will help us get out of the cycle of using 
>disposable bags and non-renewable resources,” said Annie Hubble, the 
>Co-op’s front end manager.
>Hubble was motivated to introduce this incentive after reading about the 
>topic of shopping bags in the most recent issue of “Talking Trash,” 
>published by Moscow’s Waste Reduction Education Program.
>“The succinct and informational article about the reasons why neither paper 
>nor plastic are good choices so shocked me that I felt I had to do 
>something in my department at the Co-op,” Hubble said. Going without paper 
>or plastic isn’t so unusual, Hubble notes.
>“When I was a child, we all automatically gathered shopping bags before we 
>went shopping, because the shops did not offer bags,” Hubble recalled.
>
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