I've Been Ahead of the Green Curve, Now TARGET and CVS
have joined the GREEN Band Wagon!
I've
been ahead of the Green Curve, Now Target and CVS have joined the green band
wagon. Remember right before gas prices sky
rocked? It was that fall that I decided to look for a new
car. I had been putting upwards of 30,000 miles on my SUV as
a real estate agent and decided my kids were older and it was time for
a sedan. I started looking for something practical with good
gas mileage. I was on a lot and saw a Prius. I was
intrigued, no I can't., well maybe. I sat inside, took a ride
and decided my first instinct was right ....I couldn't. I
needed something bigger and let's face it, with a bit more luxury.
I spend too much time in my car to go without all the bells
and whistles. I was shown a Camry Hybrid. Took a
ride and loved it. It has an electric and gas engine, GPS,
leather, satallite radio, you get the picture. I was on my
way to going
GREEN!
That year about February gas prices shot through the roof and everyone
was selling their SUV's. Hybrids were on back order
all over the country. I couldn't believe I was ahead of the
curve. My cfriends were so impressed at how
green I was being.
That same year
reusable
shopping bags began to show up in stores. I
figured I'd give them a try. It took me a good month to reset
my thinking and remember to actually bring them in to the store.
But darn it I wanted to go
green!
Picture me taking my
reusable
shopping bags out of the trunk of my Hybrid. How
GREEN is
that!!
I even bought a set of
reusable
shopping bags for my girlfriends for Christmas so they
could be
green
too. I wansn't doing this alone.
Now TARGET and CVS have announces that they are giving cash back for
using
reusable shopping
bags. TARGET will offer $.05 for every
reusable shopping bag used.
CVS will pay $1.00 on the 4th visit that you are
using your
reusable
shopping bags. In a pilot market
TARGET saw a reduction of 58% of plastic bag use.
I've Been Ahead the Green Curve, Now Target and CVS have joined
the Green Band Wagon! was first published in
Discover
Cary - A Real Estate Blog by Linda Lohman
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Now Target and CVS have joined the Green Band Wagon!*
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Linda,
Good for you for being so green! I did the exact same things when I saw the first reusable bags appearing in stores...Gave them to everyone I know for Christmas! It encourages friends to be a little greener without even thinking. The grocery stores where I live have been giving a few cents credit for bringing reusable bags for the last couple years. I think that really makes people want to bring them! I'm still working on the hybrid car. I'm glad you found one that works for you. Thanks for the info about Target and CVS!