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And those who bring in their own bags over the next month can fill out a ballot to Customers will have a oneâ€"month reprieve after Earth Day before being asked to pay for the bags. "Whereas, if wem to them we don‘t think they‘ll get the ge that we want to reduce," Boril said. "We‘re trying to promote bringing your own bag to the store." As well, Fiddleheads sells a variety of reusable bags, including thermos coolers, totes and bottle bags. Customers will be asked to pay 10 cents for every biodegradable bag they take from the store in order toÂ¥likeâ€"their awareness. So when employee Trisha Garland, an urban development student who‘s passionâ€" ate about the environment, proposed they make the shift away from plastic, Boril and her business partner, Jennifer Arsenault, jumped at the idea. But making this change comes with added expenses. Biodegradable bags cost Fiddleheads 30 cents apiece, whereas plastic ones cost a penny or two. "It prompted us to go full force into the environmental movement of decreasing plastic," Arsenault said. As well, they‘re conscious about recycling everything possible, including all the paper and bottles that come into the store. Fiddleheads â€" which sells a wide selecâ€" tion of vitamins, minerals, herbals, teas, natâ€" ural personalâ€"care products and cosmetics, and environmentally friendly cleaning prodâ€" ucts, among others â€" has taken on a more "green" approach during the past few years. "In every area of the store we‘re trying to get whatever environmentally friendly prodâ€" ucts we can," Boril said. * "Billions of bags are used every year, and every bag that was ever created still exists, so we‘ll do anything to reduce that impact," said the company‘s coâ€"owner Kim Boril. "As retailers, we provide bags, we‘re part of the problem, so let‘s be part of the soluâ€" tion." And that‘s not something the company‘s owners can ignore. As of Earth Day 2008 â€" April 22 â€" local Fiddleheads locations stopped offering cusâ€" tomers free plastic bags, opting instead to use biodegradable or 100 per cent recycled paper bags. . Every year hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die from eating discarded plastic bags that they‘ve mistaken for food. A_ sign on the window of Fiddleheads ealth and Nutrition store reveals a starâ€" tling statistic. Fiddleheads forgos plastic and offers biodegradable or reusable bags One bag at a time )i Nn 11111 ROYAL LEPAGE En1 If you are considering a career in Real Estate, take a career simulator by visiting our website at: By Jennirer OrMstON Chronicle Staff "I had food intolerances growing up, so I naturally veered towards nutrition," she said, adding she frequented healthâ€"food win a commuter bicycle. The draw will be held on May 22. Boril started Fiddleheads more than eight years ago after graduating from the Univerâ€" sity of Guelph, where she studied nutritional science. Fiddleheads Health and Nutrition‘s coâ€"owners, Jennifer Arsenault and Kim Boril, decided to remover plastic bags from their stores after hearing about their impact on the environment. Instead, biodegradable bags, pictured above, will be sold for 10 cents. www.royallepage.ca A CAREER IN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS CHRON stores as a student looking for milkâ€" and glutenâ€"free options. Two years later, Arsenault came on as store manager, and later became a coâ€" owner. "So it was my passion to open a healthâ€" food store." . Together, they expanded from their lone Kitchener location to Waterloo and Camâ€" ___ 5J9â€"747â€"2040 It is open Mondays to Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Waterloo‘s Fiddleheads is in the Laurelâ€" wood Shopping Centre, at the corner of Fisâ€" cherâ€"Hallman Road and Columbia Street. bridge. Another store in Kitchener is also in the works. . WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, April 23, 200823 d s f ..,@\(9 e hJ EY m CBP Colombi FAMILY SPECIAL 5209.9.,\ x smm 747â€"7300 _ 18889749 k Columbia & Fischer Hallmon . Northfield & King JENNIFER ORMSTON PHOTO