MANILA, Philippines — Don’t forget to bring a reusable bag when you shop because this Wednesday is the start of the observation of “Reusable Bag Day” where no more free plastic bags will be given to customers.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed during a reusable bag campaign titled PagbaBAG Ko, PagbaBAGo! held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office in Quezon City last September 23 to observe “Reusable Bag Day” every Wednesday.

The agreement specified that all stakeholder-supermarkets should observe “Reusable Bag Day” every Wednesday from the time of the campaign launch.

The MoU was signed by the DENR, National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC), Earth Day Network Philippines (EDNP), Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association (PAGASA), Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), and supermarkets, namely Ayala Malls, Ever Malls, Hi-Top Supermarket, Isetann Malls, Makro, Robinsons Supermart, Savemore, SM Hypermart, and SM Supermarkets.

They agreed that there will be no more free plastics given every Reusable Bag Day.

It also cited the granting of incentives for use of reusable bags in supermarkets to encourage change in the behavior of consumers, but this shall be left to the discretion of the management of the different participating supermarkets.