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All Cheers & FairPrice Xpress Stores Will Charge for Plastic Bags from 1 Jan 2022

2021-11-13 , 10:23 am

All Cheers & FairPrice Xpress Stores Will Charge for Plastic Bags from 1 Jan 2022

From 1 Jan 2022, all 167 Cheers and FairPrice Xpress will charge customers for plastic bags. Each plastic bag will cost 10 cents per transaction.

24 selected NTUC Fairprice stores charge 20 cents for plastic bags as well.

Stores that Currently Charges for Plastic Bags

Remember to bring your recycling bag or create a makeshift bag out of your clothes when shopping at these stores if you don’t want to pay that extra 10 to 20 cents for a plastic bag:

FairPrice Xtra @ Hougang One
FairPrice Xtra @ Kallang Wave Mall
FairPrice Finest @ 100AM
FairPrice Finest @ Zhong Shan Park
FairPrice Finest @ Paya Lebar Quarter
FairPrice Finest @ Terminal 3
FairPrice Finest @ Funan
FairPrice Finest @ Bukit Timah Plaza
FairPrice Finest @ Valley Point
FairPrice Finest @ Coronation Plaza
FairPrice Finest @ Tai Seng
FairPrice Xpress (384 Lorong Chuan)
Cheers (1 Create Way #01-01)
Cheers (Sengkang Community Hospital)
Cheers (Tanah Merah MRT Station)
Cheers (Joo Koon Circle FairPrice Hub)
Cheers (No 2 Keppel Bay Drive #B1-133 Caribbean at Keppel Bay)
Cheers (611 Aljunied Road)
Cheers (174 Holland Road)
Cheers (30 Dunearn Road)
Cheers (141 Bukit Timah Road)
Cheers (751 Bukit Timah Road)
Cheers (650 Dunearn Road)
Cheers (870 Dunearn Road)

Now, you might wonder: How about self-checkout machines? Would the machine know if I’ve brought my own bag?

Well, a staff member is always stationed at the self-checkout area, so if you didn’t bring your own bag, you’d have to scan a barcode to pay for the plastic bag.

In other words, cannot siam.

“No Plastic Bag” initiative

This is part of the FairPrice Plastic Bag Management Programme’s “No Plastic Bag” initiative that was launched in Nov 2019.

FairPrice was the first supermarket in Singapore to charge for plastic bags to reduce excessive use and encourage behavioural change in consumers. However, is this needed?

A study done by Singapore Environment Council in 2018 shows that shoppers take about 820 million plastic bags annually, that’s about 146 bags per person.

Considering how most plastic bags are non-biodegradable, that means it will take many years to decompose. Even if they eliminate the plastics by burning them, the burnt plastics will release a toxic substance into the air, causing air pollution. This also contributes to climate change as well.

Some of these plastics might even end up in the ocean, resulting in the death of various marine creatures. Thus, this initiative is not only good for your wallet but for the environment as well.

Through this initiative, 30 million plastic bags were saved. Seven out of 10 customers were willing to bring their own bags when shopping instead of paying for plastic bags.

Proceeds from the plastic bags won’t be pocketed by their staff as “tip money”. Instead, they will be used to support green initiatives. One of the initiatives is the NParks’ OneMillion Trees movement.

OneMillion Trees movement

Yesterday (12 Nov), NTUC FairPrice Foundation, the charity arm of NTUC FairPrice (FairPrice), has announced a S$180,000 contribution to the NParks Garden City Fund and OneMillion Trees movement. The announcement was made at a tree-planting event at Bedok Reservoir Park.

All Cheers & FairPrice Xpress Stores Will Charge for Plastic Bags from 1 Jan 2022