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[jan_andrea]

Pledge to use cloth bags for a month instead of plastic :) Sign up and get 20% off at www.reusablebags.com -- they have a lot of terrific stuff, including my awesome market basket that I always get compliments on! Most grocery stores sell reusable bags for $1-2 each if you don't already have a stash, or you can check out directions to make your own if you sew. (I have directions on my own site too.) In the interests of full disclosure, I use my cloth bags 95% of the time... the other 5% is for when we're totally out of plastic bags at home, and DH likes to use them to line the kitchen trash basket... or when I forget to grab one from the trunk when I'm shopping. I hate using them at all, but at least the ones we reuse end up "merely" in the landfill and not blowing all over the landscape like so many.

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[clovecigarettes.livejournal.com]

You'll be happy to learn I use cloth bags, a couple re-useable plastic "bag-for-life" sturdy plastic bags I got for free (with a coupon -- as an incentive to cut down on wasting regular 'carrier' bags), an Ikea blue bag (I read Ikea are phasing out their plastic bags altogether!), and rucksacks regularly.
Usually when we go to the store, we bring our big camping rucksacks (we don't have a car here, so it's easier with the backpacks anyway), but I always carry at least one 'french market bag' (those cotton stringy ones) with me at all times because I sometimes have random store encounters.
I sometimes end up with carrier bags (that's what they're called here), but we use them to line the bin in the bathroom.

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Awesome! We do the same thing with carrier bags ;)