http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/10/12/whole-foods-and-plastic-bags/ a new city. a new life. here's my two sense. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:04:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/10/12/whole-foods-and-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-48644 Renee Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:47:48 +0000 http://dragonballyee.com/blog/2007/10/12/whole-foods-and-plastic-bags/#comment-48644 I've worked at Whole Foods Market for two years now. And yes, these bags come in plastic. Now, I work at the store level, where we have no control of how these items are packaged when they are shipped. However, at my store, we take all of the canvas bags out of the plastic, and we recycle it. We recycle every bit of plastic we can, actually. For example, whenever we get cash from the bank (cash, not coin), it comes in a plastic bag, and we recycle the bag. We recycle bubble wrap, we recycle paper, we recycle cardboard. However, the author has a point; I don't understand why these bags come in plastic in the first place. They are shipped to us in a cardboard box, so why the plastic? Maybe the higher ups have them wrapped that way in case the box gets wet, I don't know. However, I know that at our store (I cannot divulge which, I'll just say it's one of the top ten in the country) we recycle everything we can. I've worked at Whole Foods Market for two years now. And yes, these bags come in plastic. Now, I work at the store level, where we have no control of how these items are packaged when they are shipped. However, at my store, we take all of the canvas bags out of the plastic, and we recycle it. We recycle every bit of plastic we can, actually. For example, whenever we get cash from the bank (cash, not coin), it comes in a plastic bag, and we recycle the bag. We recycle bubble wrap, we recycle paper, we recycle cardboard.
However, the author has a point; I don't understand why these bags come in plastic in the first place. They are shipped to us in a cardboard box, so why the plastic? Maybe the higher ups have them wrapped that way in case the box gets wet, I don't know. However, I know that at our store (I cannot divulge which, I'll just say it's one of the top ten in the country) we recycle everything we can.

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