Global furniture icon IKEA will no longer be offering plastic bags come October 2008 in its US stores. IKEA had started charging for plastic bags in March of last year and
Now it’s one year since the program began and IKEA is overwhelmed with the stunning results; more than 92% of their customers said no more plastic bags! Expectations were exceeded and IKEA learned their customers welcome the opportunity to find new ways to be environmentally responsible. This landmark program has now resulted in IKEA taking another step forward; as of October 1, 2008, IKEA will no longer offer plastic bags, and paper bags are not available in IKEA stores either. IKEA’s consumer call-to-action is to use only reusable bags.
This is another step in the right direction in reduction of plastics! Read IKEA’s press release here. Great news like this buoys me enough to even try to brave one on their stores on a weekend!
