レジ袋辞退率 大手コンビニ3社で70％超 有料化前と比べ大幅増

Resignation Rate of Shopping Bags Over 70% at 3 Major Convenience Stores Significant Increase Compared to Before Charging

Since last month, retail stores across the country have been obliged to pay for shopping bags, but the percentage of customers who declined shopping bags at three major convenience stores, and the rate of withdrawal exceeded 70% at each company, before the payment was made. In order to reduce plastic waste, retail stores nationwide have been obliged to charge for plastic bags from the 1st of last month, and three major convenience store companies, Seven-Eleven Japan, Family Mart and Lawson, are 3 yen per piece except for some charged.

According to each company, the decline rate of plastic shopping bags last month was 70% at Seven-Eleven, 77% at  Family Mart, and 76% at  Lawson, and each company exceeded 70%.

Family Mart, one of the major convenience stores, believes that, if it can maintain a decline rate of more than 70% in the future, it will lead to a reduction of approximately 9,000 tons of plastic waste per year. Because plastic bag is take more longer to destroyed than any packaging. Because of that we have to using our own shopping bag to reduce using plastic bag. “All retailers are obliged to pay for plastic shopping bags, which will be one month on August 1”. At three major convenience stores, such as Seven-Eleven, the percentage of customers who declined plastic shopping bags jumped from 30% before payment to 70%.

Source: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200803/k10012547971000.html?utm_int=news-business_contents_list-items_003, https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/eff36b41f6518e6b4f5a2e039670b9f7a826c75a