Environmentalism?

A few months ago, I bought a few of the “green” shopping bags proudly on sale at the Shoprite store. Since there's virtually no recycling, and waste disposal is a difficult issue here, I thought I'd do my part to reduce the amount of waste going to the dump.

The problem is that every time I go to the store, I get hassled by the security guard to check my environmentally-friendly bags at the store manager's office. At the checkout, as the cashier or bagging clerk starts putting things in plastic, I yelp, “Wait, I've got bags!” So I go off to get them, return, and find that the groceries are all wrapped in plastic anyway.

Today I did a major shopping and brought my knapsack, plus the reusable bags to carry everything home. I still ended up with eight additional plastic shopping bags... head office policy obviously hasn't reached Mazabuka.

"Shoprite bag saver: A Shoprite environmental initiative."

My actual grocery wrapping.