Don’t make consumers pay more for refusing plastics
The writer says she pays almost S$1 more for refusing plastic bags when buying Farmhouse milk at NTUC FairPrice stores.
At a time when we need to be more environmentally conscious, I am aghast at being penalised for saying no to plastics.
I buy Farmhouse milk from NTUC FairPrice stores every week.
If I purchase six 1L cartons and use my own bags, I pay S$17.25.
Yet if I buy the same in prepacked form — which comes in two plastic carriers, each containing three 1L cartons — I pay only S$16.30.
In effect, I am forking out 95 cents for refusing plastic bags.
I can understand that stores may lower prices for bulk buyers. But these discounts should be given, whether the milk cartons are stored in a customer's own bags or prepacked.
Customers should not be penalised for being more environmentally friendly.
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