I posted this comment on Reliance website. If you agree with this, or have anything to add to this, please leave a comment on this blog. May be someone in Reliance will realize the importance of preserving our environment and act soon.
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Hi
This comment is regarding the Reliance Fresh stores. First of all, Congratulations on the big success of Reliance Fresh stores.
I stay in Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bangalore and go to Reliance Fresh store in my locality regularly. What I have noticed is that, at your store there is a lot of usage of Polythene bags. There are big rolls of Plastic covers kept for the convenience of customers, which is being used thoughtlessly. I have noticed that hundreds of customers visit the stores during evenings and on an average every customer buys more than half a dozen variety of vegetables and fruits. As polythene bags are freely available, people segregate their vegetables and fruits separate plastic bag. At the billing section, all these items are added to 2 or 3 more plastic bags. As the customer leaves the store, he/she is walking with nearly 10 plastic bags. This is definitely not environmental friendly. We all know that plastic is non degradable. I would request the big organizations like Reliance to think about our environment and not promote the use of plastic at this scale.
Lets preserve our environment for our future generation.
Some Recommendations from my end:
1. Use Paper bags instead of Plastic.
2. Give polythene bags to customers only on demand.
3, Spread awareness amongst people and ask them to get their own shopping bags.
4. At reasonable cost (less than Rs 5/-), sell good paper or cloth bags which can be reused for shopping, You can have reliance Ads on these bags which will even help you promote your store.
Regards,
Nagendra HK
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5 comments:
good idea:-)
Nice initiative nagen. At least you have voiced your concerns, instead of being just a mute spectator.
Ganesh
its a good awareness;
i would like to add on to your suggestions
you have said that plastic bags should be given on demand only; but if the bag was charged as of 50p or 1/- then customers would think and also it will be a profit to the company also;
that's what the shops r doing in here and i myself think twice to buy the plastic bag and always carry the reusable with me
This is a valuable experience, Nagi. I can't believe they still use polythene bags. When the whole world is moving towards recycling, this sounds kind of archaic!
Cheers,
Naveen
nce observation n gr8 Recommendations... gud goin!!!!!
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