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Lucky Green Shoppers Win $50 Vouchers

Friday 1st April 2005

The Bag Ladies are campaigning for Golden Bay to become free of the unnecessary plastic shopping bags which we have mistakenly believed are free and have been unaware of their detrimental impact.

Four lucky environmentally conscious shoppers were rewarded for saying no to plastic shopping bags in Golden Bay, as part of the encouragement campaign. "Our four main grocery stores took part in the TDC-Bag Lady initiative, during the whole month of March, which gave shoppers who said no to plastic bags the chance to go in the draw for $50 grocery vouchers".

Here is Mike from the Pohara General store picking the winner !

The winners were: Kay Harper at the Pohara Pricecutter; Melissa Skipworth at Reynish's in Takaka; Tracey Nalder in Col and Trott's Collingwood "On the Spot" store and Claire Davis at the Pakawau Beach Camp Store.

"It's one of the easiest ways to make a difference, carrying your own shopping if you don't have far to go, or using cloth bags, baskets or a cardboard box.", said Collingwood winner Tracey Nalder. Shop assistant Chantelle Etheredge said that "since the campaign started in January there has been a significant drop in the number of plastic shopping bags given away and many more sales of the recyclable green bags." Says Nicola Basham "We can't go on ignoring the effect our wasteful lifestyles are having on our planet. The Bag Ladies are looking forward to seeing other communities around the planet taking part in changing shopping habits and polluting ways."

Captions:

Good Green Fairy Alison Ramsey picks the winning ticket with Mike Hargreaves at the Pohara Pricecutter store. Outside Col and Trott's store in Collingwood are (from l to r) Nicola Basham Golden Bay Bag Lady; promotional winner Tracey Nalder and Chantelle Etheredge.