Wing Tai Retail
Stefanie Beitien, Head of Market Transformation at WWF-Singapore, said they are excited to see major retailers coming onboard to reduce single-use plastic bags. She added: The introduction of the bag charge aims to drive momentum in influencing consumers behaviour to bring their own reusable bags and increase environmental consciousness.
We look forward to inspiring more companies to adopt this initiative as a first step to look at packaging and plastics with a more holistic view to create a systemic change for the future.”
60% of customers chose to BYOB after bag charge implemented
According to WWF, 60 per cent of consumers who shopped at the above-mentioned retail outlets refused single-use bags and chose Bring-Your-Own-Bag (BYOB) after the single-use bag charge was put in place.