THUNDER BAY – Plastic bags are becoming rarer and rarer at grocery stores in Thunder Bay.
Metro stores are the latest to announce an end to single-use plastic shopping bags, a move that comes into effect in September.
“Our ambition is to optimize our packaging and printed materials by reducing their use, relying on optimal design, choosing environmentally responsible materials and facilitating their recovery and recycling; these are the principles on which is based our Packaging and Printed Materials Management Policy, which Metro published in 2019,” said Marie-Claude Bacon, vice-president, public affairs and communications.
"With a network of some 950 food stores and 650 drug stores, the elimination of single-use plastic shopping bags will prevent the circulation of more than 330 million of these bags annually."
