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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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[joy-disaster.livejournal.com]

I am going to get two sets of those ACME shopping bags - and then make myself remember to use them. Honestly I think this household is responsible for a whole landfill. our garbage load is immense : /

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Yah, I was really shocked when I started seriously looking at how much trash we were generating. Esp. since most of it was packaging-related.

Getting in the habit of using bags is probably the hardest part -- I recommend getting one of the $0.25 "bring your own bag (http://www.reusablebags.com/store/plastic-bags-blow%E2%84%A2-small-stickers-p-39.html)" stickers at reusablebags.com and putting it on your dashboard (it'll peel off easily enough when you want to remove it) so that you have a visual reminder to grab a bag from the trunk (or wherever) when you get out of the car. I nearly always remember to grab a bag, or my basket, when I go shopping now, and if I forget, I just try to get the cashier to put as much in one bag as s/he can :lol: