Carrefour Shopping Bag: "Our Gesture for the Environment"

In response to the question, so how big are the shopping bags there, well, of course there are plastic bags that are no different from the plastic shopping bags you find in Japan or the U.S. But some stores here, in order to reduce shopping bag waste, have encouraged customers to buy reusable shopping bags, exchangeable for new ones during their entire lifetime.

For sixty Euro cents (80 cents US) you buy a sturdy cloth? paper? synthetic? bag which holds quite a lot and you present it at the checkout each time you check out. Then you fill it up yourself on your way out. (No bag boys, sorry.)

You'll find people carrying these attractive bags not only in the supermarkets. They're enough of a size such that people will even use them to carry other bulky items or even for laundry. Now that's getting good mileage out of these bags!

And each time they wear out (the handle breaks or a hole forms) you can exchange it or a new one, free of charge. Excellent system.

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Note:
I have laid a pen on the bag to give you an idea of the size of the bag. It really does hold a lot.