UAE Supermarket Chain to Reward Shoppers with Reusable Bags

With the Single-Use Plastic Bag policy taking effect from June 1 2022, Spinneys chain will cut off 25 fils from the total bill of those shoppers who bring their own bag

 

 

 

 

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Carrefour supermarket chain also took to social media to announce that they "will stop all usage of single-use plastic bags in (their) Abu Dhabi stores at checkouts".

 

 

 

 

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Lulu hypermarkets have also announced they will no longer be providing free shopping bags at all LuLuUAE stores in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain".

 

 

 

 

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Inspectors from EAD, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development Abu Dhabi (DED), and Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), were trained on Executive Regulations regarding single-use plastic products and their alternatives in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

The ban decision excludes:

• bags designated for medicines in pharmacies
• bag rolls for vegetables, meat, fish, chicken, grains and bread (knot bags)
• large shopping bags designed for fashion or electronic gadgets, toys
• waste bags of different sizes and types
• bags designated for keeping messages, postal parcels or magazines and newspapers
• bags designated for transporting plants, flowers
• laundry bags