Best Buy Fiscal Year 2022 ESG Report | 14 Plastic bags. We are working toward solutions to reduce plastic bag usage in our stores. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our plastic bag usage had been steadily decreasing, partly due to our Blue Shirts (sales associates) asking customers at checkout if they need a bag, instead of automatically providing one. In FY22, our plastic bag usage increased compared to FY21, due to the dramatic decrease in usage in FY21 because of limited store operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. While our bag usage was up in FY22 compared to the previous year, we are still trending down and using fewer plastic bags compared to FY19. In FY23, we are working toward a program that is modeled after our partners in Canada to reduce plastic bag usage and to encourage customers to bring their own reusable bags. Canadian stores. In September 2021, we transitioned from using plastic to paper bags in our Canadian stores. Additionally, to encourage customers to make the choice to not use a bag or to bring their own bags, we started applying a 30-cent fee per paper bag, a portion of which goes toward helping increase tech equity in our communities. Plastic reduction . Plastic bag usage (% Change from Previous Year, FY18 Baseline) -30 -60 -40 -20 FY20 FY19 FY18 FY21 -50 -10 0 FY22 -5% -10% -38% * +11% *FY21 %  change  was  updated  to  reflect  new  data  that  includes  all  bag  usage  across  U.S.  locations