Carrefour Launches "Green" Bag Drive With Egypt’s Ministry of Environment

Carrefour, together with Egypt’s Ministry of Environment will launch the “Small

Change Big Difference” ecological initiative in its hypermarkets across the
country.
The hypermarket chain is operated by Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets, a company of Majid Al Futtaim Group.
Underlining its commitment to be an environment-friendly organisation, Carrefour
is promoting the use of the environment-friendly reusable bags as a substitute to plastic bags.
Now, shoppers shopping in Carrefour’s outlets in the Alexandria City Centre, Maadi City Centre and Dandy Mall will be encouraged to use environment friendly reusable bags as a substitute of plastic bags.

In the first phase of the campaign, Carrefour will introduce 50,000 bags that have been produced in Egypt.
Carrefour customers can avail these eco friendly bags at the entry points of these hypermarkets for a LE5 ($.938). Furthermore, if damaged at any point the bags will be replaced free of charge at any Carrefour outlet.

Single-use plastic bags made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) take over 1,000 years to decompose and endanger marine life. According to The Wall Street Journal, US consumers use over 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually.

Source: Freshplaza.com
Good example, encouraging the use of "Green" Bags.