Waitakere takes aim at plastic bags

Published: 3:40PM Thursday March 12, 2009 Source: ONE News

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Plastic bags at the Warehouse will cost customers 10 cents at the checkout from next month.

The Red Shed estimates 20 million bags will be taken out of circulation in the year following April 20 as a result.

All the profits from the 10 cent bags will be donated to local community groups.

The Retailers Association is hailing the move as helping to hit a target of reducing plastic shopping bag use by 20% by July.

Earlier this month Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey said he wants his city to be the first in the country to get rid of plastic shopping bags completely. Harvey says plastic bags are damaging to New Zealand's ecosystem and wildlife.

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