UAE | Environment
Plastic bags: Guide to supermarket policy
The vast majority of supermarkets in the UAE don't charge shoppers for plastic bags and very few offer a viable alternative.
- Gulf News
- Published: 15:22 March 25, 2008
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
Dubai: The vast majority of supermarkets in the UAE don't charge shoppers for plastic bags and very few offer a viable alternative.
| How attached are popular outlets to plastic | |||
| Major outlet |
Use of plastic bag
|
Charge
|
Alternative
|
| Lulu |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Geant |
Yes
|
25 fils
|
Yes
|
| M&S |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Carrefour |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Choithrams |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Al Maya |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Al Madina |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Union Cooperative |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Sharjah Cooperative |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Abu Dhabi Cooperative |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Spinneys |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Marks & Spencer |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
| Ikea |
No
|
No
|
Paper
|
Share this article
Popular in UAE
-
Have your say
Living in untidy homes
Do you think that people who live in untidy homes have bad character?
Latest news
- Khalifa congratulates Karzai on re-election
- Khalifa receives congratulatory call from Talabani
- Complaints against cab drivers decline
- Camel in RAK gives birth to twins
- No hike in water, electricity rates
- Thalassaemia website 'will help educate youth'
- Saif is appointed Emiratisation chief
- Experts call for reviewing green cost of desalination
- Readers: Less water usage means less desalination
- Dubai Police open centre to combat marine pollution
- Pavement parking irks pedestrians
- Man jailed 3 years in fatal assault of colleague
- Murder: Mother gets stiffer sentence
- Traffic Prosecution adopts humanitarian step
- 'All-green' project to ease traffic flow
Community Reports
-
Pavement parking irks pedestrians
Gulf News reader calls on authorities to step in and stop car owners from invading pathways meant for safe walking
-
Faded parking lines pose a problem
Motorists could be fined for parking incorrectly even though they can hardly see the boundaries in the designated areas
-
School buses block residential parking
Commercial vehicles taking up free parking facilities in Al Wuheida, inconveniencing residents in surrounding villas
-
Community report: Doing their bit for poor children
A group of students takes concrete action to raise funds for Dubai Cares
