SINGAPORE - Fashion giant H&M will soon start charging customers in Singapore 10 cents for each plastic or paper bag as part of a new initiative to reduce waste.
Under PACT, proceeds from H&M's shopping bag charge will go towards innovations to find sustainable alternative materials, research into plastic pollution and conservation projects.Graphic designer Audrey Ng, 25, who shops at H&M every other month, said she does not mind paying for a bag. Civil servant Ginny Goh, 44, said that while she does not think plastic bags should be banned entirely, charging for them is the right move.
"I don't think it's a big deal to charge for bags. People will get used to it. In many other countries, bags are already chargeable everywhere in the shops and in the supermarkets." Swedish furniture giant Ikea started charging for plastic bags in 2007 before phasing them out in 2013. Today, shoppers must bring their own bags or buy a reusable polypropylene bag at 90 cents.
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