ORGANISERS of a campaign to limit the use of plastic bags will seek to reinforce the message after findings that some participating shops are still giving out bags for even the smallest items.
Kenneth So Wai-sang, spokesman for the Consumer Council, which is one of the organisers, said he would raise the finding of a Post survey at the next meeting on Wednesday.
Mr So said: ''We are not saying stop using plastic bags. We have only just launched [the campaign] and we will review it at the end of the month. This is an ongoing thing.'' He admitted that the message might need to be pushed harder, particularly to staff on the shop floor, who had been trained in the past to always provide a bag.
''It's a habit that's gone on for many years. We don't expect any dramatic change overnight,'' Mr So said.
But he said the managers ''were certainly behind this campaign'' and he thought attitudes had started to improve.
A Post reporter who bought goods from 14 shops in Central, Causeway Bay and CityPlaza last week - some of them participating retailers in the campaign - ended up with 16 plastic bags.
This was despite the fact that she was carrying a large rucksack.
