Use a Reusable Bag–Get Cash Savings

November 17, 2009 by amarie2  
Filed under Go Green

CVS and Target have developed cash incentive programs for customers that don’t get disposable bags. Target started with a pilot program earlier this year in 100 stores, in which customers received a 5-cent discount for each reusable bag they brought. Picture 11The project resulted in a decrease in plastic bag use by 58 percent.

CVS will offer a higher discount, but you have to be a member of CVS’s ExtraCare rewards program. For 99 cents, members will get a leaf-shaped Green Bag Tag card, which can be attached to a reusable bag. The card will then be scanned at each purchase. After every fourth shopping trip, a $1 Extra Buck coupon will be printed on their receipt.

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