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5 things you can do to Green Your Shopping bag
Shopping bags are one of life’s essentials. How else to tote home all those treasures from your latest retail spree or those delectables from that upscale grocer around the corner? Trouble is, disposable bags (think plastic and paper) carry a hidden eco-price that may not show up on your next credit card bill, but costs the planet bunches. Drop your shopping impact with the tips below.
Use a reusable shopping bag
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These sturdy items, sometimes made of hemp or organically grown cotton, easily replace disposable paper and plastic bags.
Reuse your paper and plastic shopping bags
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Reusing paper and plastic bags means less new bags need to be made, which saves tress from being cut down, reduces our demand for petroleum, decreases landfill waste and litter, and keeps pollution out of our air and water.
Choose non-wrapped fruits and vegetables
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To reduce plastic use, buy individual fruits and vegetables, and transport them in one reusable shopping bag. Don't buy pre-wrapped or produce-bagged items.
Recycle your paper bags
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Recycling paper bags prevents deforestation and decreases landfill waste.
Recycle your plastic bags
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Give your plastic bags a second life—and don't let them end up littering the environment—by dropping them off at a recycling center or grocery store with a plastic bag recycling program.
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1:39pm
some additional facts i read on Fortune (issue may 12, 2008)
- the size of the US plastic bag industry is estimated at $4 billion/year
- 28 cities in the US ave proposed laws restricting the use of plastic bags
- Bangladesh and Taiwan have banned plastic bags!
- San Francisco now requires retailers with revenues over $2 million to offer only compostable or reusable bags
- 2% of plastic bags used in the US were recycled in 2006 according to the American Chemistry Council.
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