Reusable Polypropylene bags

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I'm sure to be preaching to the choir here, but I encourage people to rethink their use of those reusable "green" bags.

Made of polypropylene (a kind of oil based plastic) they don't break down and are only better than using disposable plastic shopping bags if you use them more than 104 times!

Most of us forget to take them shopping so end up with more - and many businesses will give them to you with products too, so even though I loathe them, I still have lots of them. Not surprisingly, large numbers end up in landfill or donated to charity shops (who hopefully give them back out to customers).

Like most of us, I recycle, reduce, reuse and repair - but there's only so much we can do. I support the use of fabric shopping bags, especially if they're made of recycled materials.

We (as a community) also need to develop ways to recycle polyesters, like reusable shopping bags and clothes. Whilst there are many uses for old cotton, linen, silk and wool materials - second hand polyesters do not wear so well and have limited uses.

More information in this newspaper article.
 
I have tons and tons of canvas bags, they last a life time, wash up nicely, stay standing up in the back of the truck, really strong handles.....have I said how much I love canvas bags/totes?

Our family used reusable bags long before most people even thought of it, we used to get the strangest looks from the grocery store cashiers. They only had paper back then, not as bad as the plastic but still took resources.
 
I use a reasonably attractive canvas bag that I put a couple of the polypropylene ones in.

I don't always remember to take it to the grocery store with me, but I <S>always</S> mostly use it when I go thrifting or to estate sales.
 
Yes, I always try to take them thrifting too.

I find that many shops won't provide bags any more here (and in South Australia they've banned the plastic bags completely!) so even if you forget, you go back to the car to get some. I keep a range of bags of different sizes in my van as I often buy stock.

Nicole
 
I always have a small folding bag in my handbag, in case I need to do some grocery shopping after work. And I have big, beautiful shopping bags for doing bigger shopping or going thrifting. One of them even has a super 1950s "ad" look.

But a big problem yet are fruits and veggies that we buy in the open - you always have to take a small plastic bag to put them into, put them on the scale and stick the price label onto it. I use them as trash bags for my smaller trash bins at home, but I've been think that I should re-use those too... if I always stick the price in the same place, I guess it should work at least for a few times...

Karin
 
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