The simple question, "Paper or plastic?" causes more environmental damage than we may realize. Imagine that you go to the grocery store or Wal Mart once a week to shop for food and other personal items. If you purchase about six plastic bags worth of food, that's about 324 plastic bags per year. This astounding number gets higher and higher as our consumption increases. More information on paper and plastic bags can be found at this website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2007/10/03/GR2007100301385.html?referrer=emaillink
Until recently, our only options were paper or plastic, both of which are not very environmentally friendly. Our recent obsession with being more "green" has led large grocery chains and stores such as Harris Teeter and Wal Mart to provide the more eco-friendly option of purchasing re-usable bags. These bags can be purchased for as little as a dollar each and are sturdy and long-lasting.
Today, we have decided to give up paper and plastic bags and instead start using re-usable bags for when we shop. It's such an easy thing that everybody can do to cut down our over-consumption of paper and plastic bags that immediately get thrown away. For only four dollars, four bags can be purchased from WalMart to be used when shopping for groceries and other products.
Wes Sankey
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Great Idea. I use these already! It is a great way to reduce paper and plastic. Some stores, mainly clothing, even give discounts for using a recyclable bag.
ReplyDeleteinteresting! I totally thought that paper bags helped more than plastic. mostly because we don't have a giant island of brown paper bags floating around, but I guess that time is not so far away, is it?
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! I use these at home and I will definitely start using them here. They are also very easy to carry around its just sometimes hard to remember to grab them. At home my mom and I keep them in the car so we never forget!
ReplyDelete-Ellie
Many of my friends use these and this has made me seriously consider switching over. What a good idea when you think of all the plastic and paper we are wasting.
ReplyDeleteI have seen these bags everywhere and even though paper and plastic bags can be recycled it does not compare to the reusable bag.
ReplyDelete-Danny