{"id":70,"date":"2012-12-17T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletinbag.mivamerchant.net\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2025-05-29T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:59:07","slug":"reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"jce_caption\"><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/day_without_a_bag.jpg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-71\" alt=\"day_without_a_bag.jpg\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/day_without_a_bag.jpg.png\" width=\"207\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/day_without_a_bag.jpg.png 207w, https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/day_without_a_bag.jpg-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>Each year, on the third Thursday in December, Southern California shoppers are urged to forgo plastic shopping bags in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">reusable grocery bags<\/a> in an effort to encourage reusable bag use throughout the year. This year, the sixth-annual A Day Without A Bag is on December 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over 9 million residents in California live in communities that have either banned plastic bags or are actively working on bag ban ordinances. When these ordinances pass, nearly 1 in 3 Californians will have embraced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">reusable bag<\/a> use!<\/p>\n<p class=\"jce_caption\">Sponsored in part by the City and County of Los Angeles, and organized by Heal the Bay, the goals of the annual event are to encourage shoppers to adopt more sustainable practices during the holidays and coming year and to reduce the use of single-use plastic bags throughout California. Each year Heal the Bay partners distribute free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">reusable grocery bags<\/a> to patrons throughout the region. A diverse mix of retailers also supports the event through in-store promotions or giveaways at stores countywide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jce_caption\">For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthebay.org\/get-involved\/events\/day-without-bag\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Heal the Bay<\/a>&#8216;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, on the third Thursday in December, Southern California shoppers are urged to forgo plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable grocery bags in an effort to encourage reusable bag use throughout the year. This year, the sixth-annual A Day Without A Bag is on December 20. Over 9 million residents in California live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,13],"tags":[205,24,27],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20 - Bulletin Bag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20 - Bulletin Bag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year, on the third Thursday in December, Southern California shoppers are urged to forgo plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable grocery bags in an effort to encourage reusable bag use throughout the year. This year, the sixth-annual A Day Without A Bag is on December 20. Over 9 million residents in California live [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bulletin Bag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-17T19:25:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-29T16:59:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bulletin Bag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bulletin Bag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/\",\"name\":\"Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20 - Bulletin Bag\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-17T19:25:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-29T16:59:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a9650fe391ce1793cab51fc3245a1d02\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Bulletin Bag\",\"description\":\"Reusable Bag Blog and News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a9650fe391ce1793cab51fc3245a1d02\",\"name\":\"Bulletin Bag\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/author\/bag55\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20 - Bulletin Bag","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20 - Bulletin Bag","og_description":"Each year, on the third Thursday in December, Southern California shoppers are urged to forgo plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable grocery bags in an effort to encourage reusable bag use throughout the year. This year, the sixth-annual A Day Without A Bag is on December 20. Over 9 million residents in California live [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/","og_site_name":"Bulletin Bag","article_published_time":"2012-12-17T19:25:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-29T16:59:07+00:00","author":"Bulletin Bag","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bulletin Bag","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/","name":"Reusable Grocery Bags Take Center Stage on December 20 - Bulletin Bag","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-17T19:25:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-29T16:59:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a9650fe391ce1793cab51fc3245a1d02"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/reusable-grocery-bags-take-center-stage\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/","name":"Bulletin Bag","description":"Reusable Bag Blog and News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a9650fe391ce1793cab51fc3245a1d02","name":"Bulletin Bag","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/author\/bag55\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5369,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/5369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bulletinbag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}