Reduce Plastic Bag Use

When you remember to bring reusable shopping bags with you to the store, you can save thousands of single-use plastic bags from being used. It's an easy and effective way to conserve resources and reduce the number of plastic bags that end up as ugly and costly litter.

Tips to reduce your use of plastic bags:

• Make a habit of storing reusable shopping bags in your car, backpack or handbag to keep them handy.
• Use your own bags for groceries, fresh food and at department stores.
• When you only have a few items, carry them.
• Reuse any plastic bags you have as many times as possible.
• Recycle plastic bags at participating grocery stores (see below).

Help support the London Plastic Bag Project
Further details at www.wastefreeworld.org

Recycle Plastic Bags

Plastic shopping bags can be recycled at most neighbourhood grocery stores including metro (A&P), Loblaw Grocery Stores & London Wal-Mart locations. To participate, simply turn bags inside out, remove all receipts (and all other contents) and drop off your used plastic bags at the large blue recycling carts inside all London metro (A&P) stores or in the labeled receptacles at Loblaw stores, listed below.  All plastic shopping and grocery bags can be recycled, including bags from other grocery stores and retail outlets.

London metro (A&P), Loblaw Stores & Wal-Mart together with the City of London and the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) encourage all residents to recycle their empty and unused shopping bags.

Why recycle your plastic shopping bags?

Plastic shopping bags can be reused many times and then recycled into new plastic bags to be used again and again. Plastic bags are also recycled into new plastic lumber products such as decking, siding, waste & recycling containers, patio furniture and park benches.

For more information about plastic bag recycling visit www.myplasticbag.ca.