How to reduce the use of plastic bags
There are many ways to reduce plastic bag use, here are some easy tips to get you started.
1. Buy a reusable fabric bag made from canvas or cotton, which can be used repeatedly and are usually washable. Most grocery stores and retailers are happy to have customers use non-plastic bags.
2. Ask for paper at the grocery when the check-out clerk ask you, “Paper or plastic?”. Although it’s best to use a fabric bag, paper is recyclable and most plastics are not.
3. Reuse plastic bags in creative ways. For example, to stuff a giant pet pillow, to line paint trays or the baseboards when painting a room, or they can be stored in the car for wet clothes and shoes.
4. Encourage your local stores to change for plastic bags. Some retailers have started requiring patrons to pay for a plastic bag just as they would pay for any other item in the store.
5. Fill a bag until it is ready to burst. Place as many items as possible in one plastic bag and you will find it easy to reduce waste. Reduction is a significant step foward.
6. Obtainbiodegradable plastic bags which decompose in about 15 days. Do a little research to find out if there are places in your city that provide this option.
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I think one way of the more effectives way to reduce the use of plastic bags is to pay for it, in the supermarket near my place you have to pay for the bag almost 50 cents, and believe me when you have to pay for 10 bags you better take yours! That’s a great idea for me!
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These are some great tips both for reducing and reusing plastic bags. It is vital that a combination of reduce and reuse is implemented. I have canvas bags in my car, and also reuse plastic bags at stores or for my kitty’s “business”.
Our local store give added loyalty points to customers who bring their own bags which I think is a good idea. Our earth is finally turning towards green.
I guess this is what we need for the upcoming year. A way to reduce the waste in our world which is slowly killing us with pollution.
Reuse Reuse Reuse!
When we’re going to a market or grocery we usually bring our own canvass bag instead of using plastic bags. In our small little way we help save the environment.