Tip – Reusable Shopping Bags

I have used cloth shopping bags for about 2 years now.  I have my green Harris Teeter bags and a couple of random plain canvas bags.  When I first started trying to use them I had a hard time remembering to take them with me, but these days it is second nature and I grab them as I head out the door to go shopping.  Every now and then I forget them and beat myself up over the 4-5 plastic (if at Wal-Mart or Target) bags that I will have to use (hopefully they offer paper), but again that doesn’t happen too often.  

I know that using cloth/canvas bags is pretty popular these days, but in case you haven’t joined the bandwagon, I really encourage you to.  Plastic bags take an incredible amount of time to break down (if they ever really do).  I found this small article interesting: The Good Human.com

 

Maybe carrying these bags is the hip thing to do these days, but cloth bags usually hold a lot more too and don’t fall apart as you are hauling your groceries in from the car.  I have four bags and most of the time they fit all my items during my weekly shopping trip.  I am far from being a “Mother Earth” type, but I have tried to make a few small changes to my family’s choices in hopes of being more responsible in taking care of this beautiful planet that we have been given to live on.