Friday, June 26, 2009

Find B-Diff at Esplanade Shop



Esplanade shop is now one of B-Diff local retailers.


Esplanade Shop(Nearby City Hall MRT)
#02-02, Esplanade

Tel: 65 6828 8397

Operating hours: 10am - 10pm (Sun-Thur) / 10am - 10pm (Fri/Sat)

Friday, June 19, 2009

Bird totes are out !



Finally, our long awaited B-diff "Bird" tote bags are finally out!

We spent months and put in alot of efforts to design and make this "Bird" series and our babies are finally born. The bags are limited, very very limited. So grab one while stock lasts!
Speaking of bird, did you notice there is one nest printed inside the bag ? It's cool, isnt it?

Lastly, there is one little wish of us on our customers - Do make sure of the bags.

HK to charge customers for shopping bag

HONG KONG -- Registered retailers in Hong Kong are required to charge customers not less than HK$0.5 (US$0.06) for each shopping bag from July 7 this year, Hong Kong's top environmental official said here Sunday.

Edward Yau, secretary for the Environment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, made the remarks while officiating the launch ceremony of the "Environmental Levy Scheme on Plastic Shopping Bags" publicity campaign.

He called on people to take their own bags instead of using plastic shopping bags, saying that he was confident that Hong Kong will be able to reduce the local consumption of plastic shopping bags by billions within a year.

"In Hong Kong, the public is becoming more conscious of protecting the environment and we are striving to keep it better for our next generation," he said.


(news from www.scmp.com)

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Countries or cities taking action on plastic bags

These are the countries or cities say "NO" on plastic bags:

Africa :
Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar

Americas :
Brazil, Canada, United States of America

Asia Pacific :
Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan

Europe :
Channel Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom