This is probably the funniest environmentally friendly scheme we’ve ever heard.
The East West Market in Vancouver is shaming customers who don’t bring their own re-usable bags to the store by forcing them to carry ones that brandish embarrassing slogans instead.
Offending patrons risk walking home with a ‘Wart Ointment Wholesale’ or ‘Colon Care’ bag (both pictured), with the intent being to shame them out of single-use plastic the next time around.
In a social media post, the store points out that 1,000,000 plastics bags are used every minute – most of which will only be filled once and then thrown away.
Shop owner, David Lee Kwen, wanted to do something about it. But when he noticed that the five-cent fee on their plastic bags wasn’t doing much to reduce their use, he thought adding some public humiliation might have a stronger effect.
And so far, the project is working – more customers are bringing their own bags.
We’re not surprised!
