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And my letter to Subway...
Friday, 2 October 2009
I haven't wasted time. Here is my letter to Subway about their plastic bags:Hi,
I would like Subway to change its policy on the plastic bags you offer to customers.
I think, in light of our global "disposable" plastic problem, it would be appropriate for Subway staff to first ask customers if they require a plastic bag, before putting their lunch into one.
Plastic bags are almost always unnecessary. They are even more unnecessary for your customers who eat their meals inside your restaurant.
In most cases, the usefulness of your plastic bags is less than five minutes.
As an environmentally responsible company, this change could make a difference of millions of plastic bags finding their ways into our waterways, choking our wildlife and creating a hazard that may last hundreds of years.
Better yet, it would be great to see Subway placing a surcharge (say, 50 cents) on each plastic bag they provide. This would encourage customers to think twice before using such an environmentally irresponsible product.
I hope you will take this request seriously, and I look forward to your response.
Regards,
Leanne Veitch.
If you'd like to write to Subway about this, please feel free to copy my letter. You can write to Subway at this address.
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3 comments:
Great letter - I might just join you on this and send a letter too. From counter to table would take, what, less than 30 secs? And even for takeaway its wrapped in paper anyway so why do we need another layer?
I will refuse the bag next time!
Hi Mountainwildlife - I think it's about time someone copped it besides McCrapalds.
You are so right. Go to any Subways and watch the parade: the staff put the food in a bag. The customer goes finds a table, and takes it out of the bag. End bag's useful life - if that was even useful.
Yep, about 30 seconds.
I'd actually dispute the "useful" side of things. Because, when you think about it, the bag slows everything down.
The staff member has to bag the food. Extra time: a few seconds.
The customer has to take the food out of the bag.
Extra time: a few seconds.
The customer also *pays* for the bag.
Extra cost: anyone's guess, but certainly adds up over time, if you're a regular customer.
Who benefits? The bag company.
Who loses?
- Subway, because they aren't as "green" as they might like to appear, they have to restock, re-order, and maintain bag numbers, as well as deal with the disposal of them. The bagging also slows down service in busy restaurants, which may be an issue in profits.
- The customer, because we have to pay for the horrible things, as well as binning them afterwards.
- The environment, because of all this unnecessary rubbish being produced.
- Animals that choke to death on the horrible things, thinking they're food e.g. jellyfish, when they end up floating in the sea.
Yep, Subway need to deal with their dirt. I'm NOT a satisfied customer!
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Oh, and an easy solution to Subway's bag problem - for goodness sake, make some sticky paper tabs that seal up the sandwiches when they wrap them up, so you don't NEED a bag!
Cheap, efficient, quick, green.
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