Distributing eco bags at JR East Japan station stores, etc. 12:06 on June 16 before paying for shopping bags
From the next month, retailers nationwide will be obliged to pay for plastic shopping bags from the 1st of next month, and JR East will give eco-bags to shoppers at station shops and call for reduction of shopping bags. It was
The target stores will be distributed free of charge to people who shop for a certain amount at JR East station stations in 17 cities and prefectures such as Tokyo and Fukushima.
Of these, at the shop on the premises of Tokyo Station, eco-bags were distributed to people who bought over 500 yen including tax, and even on the morning of the 16th, the clerk handed the bag back to the person who completed the payment.
The eco bags to be distributed are made from recycled PET bottles, and the distribution will end as soon as the 500,000 we have prepared.
A woman in her 60s who received the bag said, "I think it is easy to use because it is small and not bulky."
Haruko Sato, Manager of the Corporate Planning Department of JR East, said, "We still provide a considerable number of plastic bags and would like to call for cooperation in reducing plastic waste."