I was curious is any of you use reusable cloth grocery bags? I have been doing a lot of my grocery shopping at our local Aldi http://www.aldifoods.com/us/html/com...r_ENU_HTML.htm
They really encourage you to bring your own bags/etc....i LOVE that a place like that is encouraging recycling/etc! I usually bring in my own plastic or paper bags i've had from other places and "reuse" them for my groceries. When i've worn them out- i take them to another store that lets you recycle plastic bags and take my paper ones to our recycling center.
Tonight Colin and I stopped by another grocery store to pick up a few things after we went to the gym. (Kroger) They now have blue cloth bags for groceries and some insulated ones as well that they're selling to encourage people to use them. I think the next time i go back i will purchase some and start using those everytime i go to the grocery store. I really think if everyone stopped for a moment to think about how wastefull not recycling store bags can be- it'd make a difference. I also like that it's one small thing i can do to help the environment. Also- the less stores have to spend on tons of plastic and paper bags- the more the savings directly go to consumers...something to think about!
Last year i worked at a grocery store for a few months between jobs and i can only remember one lady who brought in her own bags. Everyone else used plastic for the most part.Now that i think about it- i wonder what a difference it might make if everyone used the "reusable" ones ....it would be a dramatic difference me thinks! The lady, i'll never forget her, always used these big green cloth bags and it never failed- she always got some strange glances from nosy customers in line next to her- she would always just kindly say "it's one small thing i can do to help keep our planet nice" - I really admire that! I'm really thinking about starting to do that myself.
(the only bad thing is that i use those little plastic sacs to put kitty litter in and as trash bag liners for my small trash cans
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Anyone else started using the "reusable" bags?
They really encourage you to bring your own bags/etc....i LOVE that a place like that is encouraging recycling/etc! I usually bring in my own plastic or paper bags i've had from other places and "reuse" them for my groceries. When i've worn them out- i take them to another store that lets you recycle plastic bags and take my paper ones to our recycling center.
Tonight Colin and I stopped by another grocery store to pick up a few things after we went to the gym. (Kroger) They now have blue cloth bags for groceries and some insulated ones as well that they're selling to encourage people to use them. I think the next time i go back i will purchase some and start using those everytime i go to the grocery store. I really think if everyone stopped for a moment to think about how wastefull not recycling store bags can be- it'd make a difference. I also like that it's one small thing i can do to help the environment. Also- the less stores have to spend on tons of plastic and paper bags- the more the savings directly go to consumers...something to think about!
Last year i worked at a grocery store for a few months between jobs and i can only remember one lady who brought in her own bags. Everyone else used plastic for the most part.Now that i think about it- i wonder what a difference it might make if everyone used the "reusable" ones ....it would be a dramatic difference me thinks! The lady, i'll never forget her, always used these big green cloth bags and it never failed- she always got some strange glances from nosy customers in line next to her- she would always just kindly say "it's one small thing i can do to help keep our planet nice" - I really admire that! I'm really thinking about starting to do that myself.
(the only bad thing is that i use those little plastic sacs to put kitty litter in and as trash bag liners for my small trash cans
Anyone else started using the "reusable" bags?