Malls in Bangalore have taken a major step to eliminate plastic bags that are enemies of the environment. In fact, plastic bags are right now fast disappearing from billing counters. Instead, there are stacks of brown paper bags in most stores and the plastic ones are hidden from view - they are either being tucked away into the bottom-most cabinets or left unused in the back rooms of gourmets and department stores.
This has been reported in
timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 20 March 2016.
Plastic rolls are not visible because they also have also been removed. As an alternative, newspaper bags are freely available for fruits and vegetables. There are brown carry bags that cost Rs 7 each and also cloth bags. Many customers have begun to bring their own cloth bags and a section of shoppers are yet to get used to the 'no plastic' rule.
Big Bazaar has 20 outlets across the city and it has switched over to brown paper and cloth bags and have also introduced single-sized handloom bags which are yet to become popular with customers. For big orders, some malls use cardboard boxes which are supplied free of cost.
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