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Consumers are interested in reducing their plastic waste, but do they really have the choice at a grocery store?

This CBC News story gives is a great overview of the problem:  Canada’s Major Grocery Chains Slow to Tackle the Mounting Problem of Reducing Plastic Waste.

This Marketplace program, Plastic Waste:  The Supermarket Challenge  (22 minutes)  follows two families trying to reduce their plastic waste when shopping. 

Seeing plastic bags from Canadian grocery stores in a dump in Malaysia really makes you want to reconsider unnecessary plastic!

A group of REAL people are exploring what they could do to be part of the solution.  Contact Katie Hoffman, (613) 983-3360 if you would like know what the team is up to, or even join them.