OUR ENVIRONMENT

Kope Initiatives takes a Lead by Saying ‘No’ to Plastic Bags.

KOPE INITIATIVES (KOPE stands for Keep Our Planet Earth) has made alliance with number of the country’s major supermarket retailers by signing the Australian Retailer’s Association Code of Practice that sets targets for getting rid of plastic shopping bags.

Soul Pattinson Chemist had joined Clean Up Australia’s ‘Say No to Plastic Bags’ campaign and is the first pharmacy group in Australia to support movement against the use of plastic bags.

The campaign calls for shoppers to ‘Say No to Plastic Bags’ and for retailers to ‘Put an End to use of Plastic Bags’ with the aim of inspiring action to reduce plastic bag usage.

In addition, Soul Pattinson Chemist has a series of environmental initiatives to encourage shoppers to consider the hazardous effects on world’s eco-systems by the use of plastic.

In this campaign, the first is the launch of the Soul Pattinson Chemist’s Eco-bag – a new reusable shopping bag. The bag represents a positive step towards making use of plastic bags a thing of the past.

Next is the initiative by KOPE to replace the plastic bags with Cotton  bags/biodegradable bags. Cotton bags at KOPE are designed to hold the volume of 2-5 plastic bags.

Each time a customers uses a cotton bag, we are taking a positive step to reduce the growing plastic bag mountain.

By using a Cotton bag, customers will be making a positive contribution towards ridding our environment of plastic bags and harmful effects accompanying its usage.

To know more about cotton bags please take a look at www.kopeinitiatives.com