I recently swore off plastic bags. I've often carried my own bag around, and have a collection of cloth bags that we use for large shopping trips. But now I'm off plastic bags for good. I have a cute little fold-up bag I keep in my purse at all times for those unexpected shopping trips and if it's not enough, I just buy a cloth bag from the supermarket rather than take plastic.
Today, for example, I made two unplanned stops. In the first store I declined their bag and stuffed everything in my purse and whatever didn't fit I just carried. In the second I bought their green bag (literally, it's green) for my groceries. We have a growing collection of them at home but they get used for everything; just this morning I emptied the laundry into one when I couldn't find an available basket.
Plastic bags really frustrate me. Now that I'm making a point never to accept them in stores I've started to realize how little thought the average consumer puts into them. And it's not even just at checkout; you use plastic in the produce aisle (do you really need to bag your cucumbers?), every time you buy individual serving sizes (is it really that hard to spoon out your yogurt from a larger tub?), and each time you buy pre-packaged (why get your chicken all wrapped in plastic in a styrofoam tray instead of having the butcher give you the fresher, prepackaged cuts?)
Just some food for thought.
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