No matter how hard you try to avoid it, even the most diligent reusable bag user winds up with unwanted plastic bags on occasion. So, when the plastic grocery bags do magically appear in your life, here are five ways to reuse them.
1. Grab two socks and sew the toes together. Stuff each sock full of plastic grocery bags (cut up or not). Sew each end shut and voila…a draft stopper that keeps air from getting under doors.
Earlier this week, we were talking about the reasons people defend their plastic bag habit. We listen to the ‘reusable bag chatter’ and can tell you that people tweet about it, blog about it and comment on it almost every day. So what are the top 2 reasons people haven’t made the switch to reusable bags?
#1: “I need free plastic grocery bags to line the small trash cans in my home”
If you’ve starting bringing your own bag, you’ve probably noticed that those darn plastic bags still pop up. Unless you live alone, you’ll have a hard time eliminating them completely.
Florida environmental officials are trying to make their state the first to ban single-use plastic AND paper bags. Their stance is that manufacturing paper bags creates as much pollution as disposing of plastic bags. Disposable plastic bags are a headache for those who maintain storm drains and landfill machinery and are a source of litter across landscapes and on ocean currents.
Floridians used more than 5 billion disposable plastic and paper bags in 2003, the most recent year for which figures are available. But state environmental officials aren't deterred. They are following the lead of San Francisco and other communities by proposing to ban the bags completely .
Still not convinced you’ll see a great ROI on a custom-logo shopping bag promotion? The last week has seen corporate giants reverse their stance on reusable bags and further their dedication to green by offering incentives to the end users for remembering their bags—meaning now’s the perfect time to be proven wrong.
Westport is the first town in Connecticut to ban plastic bags, which has resulted in a 70 percent increase in people bringing their
reusable bags since the ban has been in effect. One of the sponsoring
representatives of the bill, Liz Milwe, was quoted in the NY Times as
saying, “The greatest thing that happened was after the six-month
period was over, Stop & Shop, who originally opposed the ban, had
people clapping when customers remembered their reusable bags.” Way to
put aside your opposition to see the forest for the trees, so to speak!
500,000,000,000: Society's annual consumption rate of plastic bags--nearly 1 million per minute. 380,000,000,000:
Number of plastic shopping bags consumed by Americans per year.
12,000,000: Barrels of oil used per year to produce plastic shopping bags used by Americans.
1,000,000: Seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals & sea turtles worldwide die yearly from ingesting plastics.
46,000:Pieces of plastic rubbish found on every square mile of central Pacific Ocean. 1,460:
Number of plastic bags used each year by the average family of four.
1,000:Number of years that single-use plastic bags can remain on our planet. 75:Percentage of all grocery bags used in the US that are plastic.
2: Percentage of plastic bags produced each year that are recycled.
1: Number of high-quality reusable bags needed to eliminate up to 1,000 plastic bags.
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No matter how hard you try to avoid it, even the most diligent reusable bag user winds up with unwanted plastic bags on occasion. So, when the plastic grocery bags do magically appear in your life, here are five ways to 
Earlier this week, we were talking about the reasons people defend their plastic bag habit. We listen to the ‘reusable bag chatter’ and can tell you that people tweet about it, blog about it and comment on it almost every day. So what are the top 2 reasons people haven’t made the switch to reusable bags?
