When shopping, bring your own bags. You can buy them at many stores, even Wal Mart. People also give the out for free at RV shows, rallies and other places. The most difficult aspect is to keep them in your car. Even if you forget to bring them into the store, you can go and retrieve them.
Some stores even give incentives to use your own bags. Just think, the next time a cashier asks you "Paper or plastic?" You can reply saying you have your own bags. It also save up space in your home. Less clutter.
By using our own bags we expand our carbon footprint. We use less oil and trees.
One last thought: how many plastic bags have you seen blowing in the wind in your neighborhood? They will outlast us and our grandchildren.
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Good advice - especially to keep them in your car. I often arrive at the store to find I do not have them with me.
ReplyDeleteWhole Foods, by the way, no longer uses plastic bags at all.
Jaimie Hall Bruzenak
http://blog.rvlifestyleexperts.com