THE City Supermarket Inc. (CSI) which owns a chain of malls and grocery stores in northern Luzon is going green by discarding initially the use of colored plastic bags for its customers in favor of transparent plastic bags believed to be more environments friendly.

Dagupan City Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, president and chairman of the board of the CSI Group of Companies, said she is hoping that other shops will follow suit to help contribute in addressing the issue of global warming.

Belen said in a briefing they received from a school that completed its research, she learned that transparent plastic bags, unlike colored ones, are more likely to be recycled and re-used.

Belen, on a trip to Metro Manila recently with Councilor Librada Reyna, made inquiries from authorities on eco-friendly practices that Dagupan-based companies can adopt.

“We want to do our share in the ongoing worldwide effort to minimize the amount of gas emitted to the atmosphere largely as a result of burning non-biodegradable like burning plastic,” Fernandez said in an interview before speaking at a seminar on organic farming at the City Museum on Tuesday.

Belen added that the option of using paper bags may not be the best option since it would put pressure and result in adverse effects on trees, a policy that would run counter to the company’s advocacy to plant more trees in the city.

Fernandez, however, said she will continue to study other alternatives to plastic bags. – LM

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