First prize SM Hypermarket, Makati made of rugs

SM Hypermarket will showcase the winners of its “Jazz Up Your Green Bag” contest through a series of exhibits this January in various branches to instill awareness on environment preservation among its shoppers.

First prize SM Hypermarket, Muntinlupa made of laces

The competition, which attracted almost 300 entries from 19 SM Hypermarket branches, encouraged shoppers to creatively design with a holiday theme their SM Green Bags using environment-friendly or recyclable materials such as paper scraps, bottle caps, old newspapers, leaves, and rattan.

First prize, SM Hypermarket, Baliwag made of woven magazine pages

57 entries were declared as the best masterpieces, winning first, second, and third prizes.  The winners received SM gift certificates and gift baskets.

The first re-usable shopping bag of its kind in the country, the SM Green Bag is a recyclable, non-toxic, multi-purpose bag that aims to reduce the use of plastics, especially in shopping. To further help promote its use, SM Green Bags are sold buy-one-take-one during “My Own Bag” day (Wednesdays) in selected SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket and SM SaveMore outlets.

*SM Hypermarket has a total of 19 branches in Sucat, Bicutan, Marilao, Valenzuela, Molino, Clark, Mall of Asia, North EDSA, Pasig, Taytay, Muntinlupa, Rosales, Baliwag, Mandaluyong, Fairview, Makati, Las Pinas, Novaliches and Centris Station.