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Retail sources

Australia

* Aldi supermarket chain
* Auspost Post Office
* Bunnings building supplies
* Coles,Kmart supermarket chains ‘Go Green’
* Downtown Duty Free
* Greenpeace
* IGA franchise supermarket chain
* Ikea furniture and household goods
* JMP Holdings www.jmpholdings.com.au/seeitgreen.html
* Porter’s Paints
* Woolworths and Safeway supermarket chains
* Numerous small stores also sell bags with their name on them such as fruit shops.

UK

* Sainsbury’s supermarket chain
* Urban Eco Bags- Where Fashion Does Not Cost The Earth

US

* How Green Is Your Bag? - Texas based internet retailer and wholesaler providing stylish, sturdy, reusable shopping bags
* Publix Super Markets
* Stop & Shop sells bags from Earthwise Bags branded with its store and Nature’s Promise brands
* Whole Foods Market supermarket chain
* GoGreenBag.com - Internet Retail Location for Single Bags, Bag Sets and Custom Bags
* Modern Arts E-Bag Reusable Polyethylene bag created by Dupont
* Stay Vocal- line of USA Made, sweatshop free, canvas reusable shopping bags
* Kings Supermarket in northern New Jersey sells branded Green Bags.
* Fine Fare Supermarkets in New York City sell Green Bags to customers at Point of Sale.

Research

Environment Victoria (Australia) has published a study Supermarket bag packing: a comparative time trial which compared the amount of time taken to pack reusable green bags compared with single-use plastic bags. It found great difference between green bags and single-use plastic bags in packing times for small to medium shopping loads (4-16 items); medium-sized loads (32 items) using green bags increased packing time, but by half a minute; larger loads (48 items) increased packing times by almost one minute when using green bags; and the increasing in time and staff costs equates to AUD41.6 million annually.