If you haven't already banished those plastic and paper grocery bags, you're going to want to do it Thursday, which will be Los Angeles County's second annual "Day Without a Bag."
With the goal of encouraging area shoppers to use reusable totes, an assortment of businesses will offer special incentives -- promotions and giveaways -- that day.
These promotions are good at all Los Angeles County locations:
99ยข Only Stores: Free bag with $29.99 purchase
Ralphs: Double "Reuse-a-bag" rebate when shoppers use Ralphs membership card
Whole Foods Market: Free bag with $50 purchase
These promotions are good at select stores in the area:
Albertsons Sav-On: Giveaways at Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica and Burbank stores while supplies last (1,000 bags)
Bed Bath & Beyond: Free bag with a $50 purchase at Hollywood, Beverly Center and West Los Angeles locations
Fred Segal Santa Monica: Free bag with a $10 purchase while supplies last
You can also get free bags at more than 50 other sites. Go to www.healthebay.org/nobagday to find out where and when.
And if freebies aren't enough to persuade you, consider this: California municipalities spend nearly $50 million each year just to collect and dispose of plastic bag waste. Fewer than 5 percent of plastic grocery bags are recycled each year in Los Angeles, so the remaining bags clog precious landfills, litter public spaces and harm animal life when the bags infiltrate waterways.
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