DID you know that SM Supermarket has already saved and done away at least 26 million plastic bags since it launched its SM Greenbag in 2007?

Hendrik Sy, of the SM Supermarket said they are happy and proud that other some of their competitors have followed the lead of SM in promoting environmental awareness through the use of earth-friendly bag instead plastics and observance of a My Own Bag (M.O.B) Day.

He said in some of the SM branches, they have totally barred the use of plastic bags and shifted to paper bags and the Greenbags which they hope to eventually replicate in all their branches nationwide.

‘Nowadays, being part of a cuase is a style, and being green is one of the most sought-after and worthy causes participated in by the new generation. To be green is to be in style,’ he said.

Sy said the idea of the reusable shopping bags is a brainchild of Herbert T. Sy, President of the SM Supermarket which was later replicated at the SM Department store to further enlighten the public on the importance of reusing bags and the hazards of improper disposal of plastic bags.

And to further encourage the people to shift to using the green bags or reusable bags, SM has made their Greenbag more ‘versatile, handy, affordable and fashion-friendly’.

Each bag, which is made from a non-toxic polyproplene material, now comes in two colors -the original green and new black, – and two sizes -the regular and original bag and the new sleeve which is smaller.