How can the city convince stores to promote reusable bags?

Question

How can the city convince stores to promote reusable bags?

Answer 1

Give them out for free.  Get some sponsors to pay for them by having there name on the bag.

Answer 2

They only way they can do so is to overstep their boundaires with businesses.

But an incentive program or reward program might work to some extent.

I only use canvas bags. However I believe in "Inspire, Don't Require". I don't think mandating a persons way of life necessarily works. We already have too big of government telling us what to do. We need to find a way to inspire people to *want* to do it.

Answer 3

Like they do with everything else. Tax, fine and ticket people to death.

Answer 4

When I was in Hungary, they charged people for plastic shopping bags.  All the locals knew to bring their own!