{"id":15033,"date":"2011-09-07T07:15:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T07:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/uncategorized\/tesco-store-in-somersham-village-stops-handing-out-plastic-bags.php"},"modified":"2013-01-24T10:01:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T10:01:49","slug":"tesco-store-in-somersham-village-stops-handing-out-plastic-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenlaunches.com\/awareness-and-hype\/tesco-store-in-somersham-village-stops-handing-out-plastic-bags.php","title":{"rendered":"Tesco store in Somersham village stops handing out plastic bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tesco_biodegradable_bags1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Tesco_biodegradable_bags11.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\"\/><\/span><br \/>\nShortly before, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/other-stuff\/tesco-to-display-carbon-footprints-on-milk.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">Tesco<\/a> decided to cut the use of its <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/other-stuff\/tesco-pull-back-claimedenvironmentfriendly-degradable-bags.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">environment-friendly degradable bags<\/a>, given that these were well, not as green as they were expected to be. The <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/other-stuff\/tesco-throws-open-the-doors-of-an-ecofriendly-supermarket-in-uk.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">supermarket chain recently swung open its doors<\/a> at Somersham, a village in Cambridgeshire, and has decided to stick to the green policies of the little habitation. Instead, the Tesco store will have \u201cbag for life\u201d, plastic bags that aren\u2019t meant to be disposed but used repeatedly. Also, Tesco will keep an ear open for customer feedback, and will decide if continuing with these will be appropriate for the future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAlso, this will be the first Tesco facility in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1190801-4202256.cloudwaysapps.com\/awareness-and-hype\/greenest-town-in-uk-wadebridge-in-cornwall-aims-for-7mw-solar-generation-by-2015.php\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">United Kingdom<\/a> not to hand out free plastic bags to shoppers, and we\u2019re hoping the change brought out in the little village of Somersham spreads out to Tesco stores across the region!<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14786414\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly before, Tesco decided to cut the use of its environment-friendly degradable bags, given that these were well, not as green as they were expected to be. 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