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

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Inconceivable.  Put away the crack pipe, Carl.

Sunil


>From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com>
>To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, 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 16:41:37 -0700
>
>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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