This campaign has as purpose raising funds that will be used to donate on everyone’s behalf starter kits of eco-friendly bags to those NYC delis interested to receive this free support & transition from offering disposal plastic bags to selling reusable ones!
There are over 13,000 corner stores in NYC and most of them still offer plastic bags, while many customers still accept them, often because eco-friendly options are lacking.
Meanwhile, NYC is one of only 10 states and 4 US territories having an active ban on single-use plastic bags. Thus, this project is meant to help New Yorkers on both sides of the small shops counters turn their NYC love into real, simple, positive action.
This project is meant to help us maintain NYC clean. The campaign invites both donors & non-donors to nominate delis who will be asked if they wish to accept such a gift.
The gift will consist of both reusable bags & paper bags, and we will ask these delis to discard correctly their stock of single-use plastic bags when they receive the gift.
The delis will sell to their customers these eco-friendly bags, just as bigger supermarkets do, and that will allow them to accumulate funds in order to buy more bags when they finish the starter kits.
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