Grocery Store Creates Embarrassing Plastic Bags to Prevent Customer Use A Canadian store that specializes in natural<br />products has taken a creative route to encourage<br />customers to bring reusable shopping bags. East West Market,<br />located in Vancouver,<br />has decided to only<br />offer plastic bags<br />that are emblazoned<br />with embarrassing,<br />fake store names. The campaign, launched earlier this month, has the<br />slogan, “Avoid the shame. Bring a reusable bag.” David Lee Kwen, owner of the store, says the<br />campaign has successfully caused a 30 percent surge<br />in customers that bring their own reusable bags. David Lee Kwen,<br />via CTVNews The store’s decision comes just as Prime<br />Minster Justin Trudeau announced his plan<br />to ban single-use plastic by 2021. According to Plastic Oceans Foundation<br />Canada, nearly three billion plastic bags<br />are used each year in Canada.
