Kudos to Ikea!
In a yet another brilliant effort to support Al Gore’s vision of a “Greener Earth,” Ikea has started charging a minimum of five cents per bag in their stores starting about a week ago. As you know, this discourages the use of such vile, non-biodegradable materials that only contributes nothing but pollution.
Although I have not actually inquired about the Ikea corporate management’s motivation for the new practice, I am somewhat sure that this has nothing to do with keeping a huge profit margin. Ikea should be lauded for spearheading this effort and I am certainly hoping that other huge companies would follow suit.
Customer reaction has been very positive since the new policy has been implemented. One customer has commented, “I already spent $800 in this store. What’s a a few cents more for plastic bags that would probably make it more convenient for me to bring all these stuff I just bought?”
In support of Ikea’s bold move towards eco-friendliness. I have sent them $5 from my own checking account to finance the 100 plastic bags their customers cannot avoid using plastic bags for their purchases. In addition, I have made a commitment not to buy from Ikea again until this policy is lifted since by not patronizing their products we are saving the raw materials from Mother Earth from being used.
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