SunCorp

How can a shopper easily contribute to saving energy and reducing waste and litter? SunCorp has a simple way to make it happen.

The Plastic or ME? tote is an eco-friendly 100% cotton canvas reusable “grocery bag” that can go everywhere a shopper goes. This will help the shopper reduce waste by not having to select plastic that will most likely be used just once. 

The Plastic or ME? tote is 16” high X 18” wide with a 5” gusset and takes the place of approximately 2-3 plastic bags used at the grocery store. Research has revealed that the average individual uses thousands of plastic bags during their lifetime. There are three questions that shoppers should ask themselves when they are automatically handed a plastic bag when they are shopping:

• Do I need a plastic bag for this item that is already well packaged by the manufacturer?

• Do I need to take as many plastic bags in supermarkets?

• Could I bring my own shopping bag when making purchases? 

Plastic bags are the cause of major environmental concerns. Somewhere between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. Research shows that millions of plastic bags end up as litter. Plastic bags have been seen blowing down the street or even in trees. Once a plastic bag is in the environment, it takes months to hundreds of years for it to break down. SunCorp suggests that a Plastic or ME? tote is a common sense alternative to plastic and to paper.

A few countries and cities have already taken tangible action to reduce the number of plastic bags used. Ireland, Taiwan, South Africa, Australia heavily tax plastic bags and have banned their use entirely because they have become such an environmental problem. It has been reported that England and some U.S. cities are considering similar actions. 

Plastic bags come at a great cost to the environment. Instead of accepting plastic at the supermarket a shopper can now use the Plastic or ME? tote. Any shopper can help make a difference to the environment and to the future of babies all around the world by reducing the number of plastic bags they use.To know more about our range of bags, please http://flickr.com/photos/suncorp