Comments on: Plastic bags. How many are you throwing away?

By: Plastic bags, the convenient sack that never goes away

Plastic bags, the convenient sack that never goes away — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:06:32 +0000

[...] a previous post we did about plastic bags, which includes a terrific comment from a woman who stopped using them about 10 years ago and [...]

By: admin

admin — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:01:10 +0000

Thanks for the comment!

Hopefully some others will be inspired to go plastic bag free, or at least use fewer of them.

Anyone else out there use their own bags instead of plastic or have a similar story?

By: Lois Ann Zendarski

Lois Ann Zendarski — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:48:14 +0000

In the 1990s, I purchased reusable bags to go grocery shopping. I added more as time went on. I used them not only for grocery shopping, but for kids toys when going some place, wet bathing suits at the beach,etc.

Just in grocery usage along, over ten years I estimated that my family alone saved 52,000 plastic bags from entering the waste stream. This, I feel is a remarkably positive impact on the environment. It also saved my favorite grocery store money.

If 10, 20 or 100 other families did the same, think of the impact that would make!

I now have approximately 15 reusable bags that are utilized weekly.

Please join me in getting one or making one. They don’t have to be fancy,have great logos on them or cost a lot. In fact, I made one out of a potato sack!

I cut the top end of the sack off, putting duct tape around the edge. I made handles from duct tape. I now have a very strong, very reusable bag! (and considered quite green geek chic!)