SINGAPORE - Customers will no longer have to pay a plastic bag surcharge at the seven FairPrice supermarkets involved in the chain's month-long"no plastic bag" trial, which ended on Wednesday .
However, she added:"Customers will not be charged at the seven stores that were involved in the trial upon its conclusion on Wednesday." These were FairPrice Xtra at Hougang One outlet, FairPrice Finest at Zhongshan Park mall, FairPrice at Maple Tree 18 mall, Cheers outlets at Sengkang Community Hospital and in Create Way and Aljunied Road, and FairPrice Xpress in Lorong Chuan.
When the trial was first launched, The Straits Times spoke to over 30 customers across several outlets and found that most were supportive of the move to charge for plastic bags. Ms Pamela Low of the Singapore Youth for Climate Action environmental group said she commended FairPrice's willingness to start the trial to charge people for plastic bags"in its efforts to be a responsible retailer contributing to Singapore's push towards zero-waste".
Dont try to be 1st class people we all need Plastic bags here..
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