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R City Ghatkopar says ‘No Plastic’ to celebrate World Environment Day

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R City Mall, Ghatkopar, has launched ‘No Plastic’ week from June 5 to June 12 to commemorate World Environment Day. Mall officials have been distributing cloth bags to every shopper who produces a bill at the mall.
R City Ghatkopar has organized the ‘No Plastic’ week to curb the use of plastic bags that harm the environment and to encourage people to do their bit for a greener world.
R City Ghatkopar says ‘No Plastic’ to celebrate World Environment DayAccording to the 2014 Environment Status Report by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai reportedly adds nearly 700 MT of plastic to its garbage dumped in landfills across the city every day.
Speaking about the ‘No Plastic’ week, CEO, R City, Amaan Fakih said, “Caring for the environment around us should not be the work of a few but of all. Reducing pollution is our aim with ‘No Plastic’ week. We are excited to do our bit and offer people to use and carry home cloth bags from R City. People who forget to bring bags while shopping will now be able to avail of free bags during this week from the mall, by just showing their shopping receipt from the retailer who doesn’t have the option. We are looking forward to seeing as many shoppers as possible taking home our cloth bags, so that they can do their bit to reduce plastic bag consumption.”
R-City Mall, Ghatkopar, Mumbai’s largest shopping mall, also conducted month long Mall-ympics, with one lucky shopper Aadarsh Choudhary winning the ultimate experience – an all expense paid trip to Brazil to witness the Rio Olympics 2016.
Gurdeep Saini and Suraj Singh Rawat were the 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively from Mumbai and were presented with state of the art iPhone 6  and I Pad Mini respectively. All three lucky winners scored high numbers amongst all other shoppers to compete in the Olympics- style events such as athletics, weight-lifting, boxing, archery, javelin and many other games that were held mall’s courtyard.
Speaking about the Mall-ympics, Amaan Faikh, CEO, R City said “The Olympics is one of the world’s most attractive, international sporting event which witnesses athletes s from many countries compete for glory and excellence. At R city we wanted to give a taste of Olympics, of course in a fun filled competitive environment hence, Mall-ympics – a month long activity. Where we were overwhelmed with the competitive spirit that our shoppers showed in order to see their names on the Live Leader Board every day. We congratulate our winners and look forward to bringing more happiness to more people at R City Mall.”
Said the three winners during the awards ceremony, “We are extremely thrilled and can’t believe this is happening. Thank you so much R City Mall for giving us this opportunity of being a part of what promises to be the most amazing event!”
R City Mall is spread across 1.2 million square feet, housing some of the biggest and prestigious brands in the luxury, lifestyle, designer, home décor, technology space with brands like Steve Madden, Marks & Spencer, Lifestyle, Pantaloons, Jack & Jones, Home Centre, Croma, Reliance Digital, Woodland, Ethnicity, AND, Westside and many more.

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