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When grocery shopping, do you use a reusable bag?
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:17 pm
Why or why not?
Personally, I do.
If I don't have a reusable bag in the store with me, I usually ask them to not bag it. Nine times out of ten, I have a bag in my car that I can just put it in. Seems kind of silly to me to continue to get plastic bags when all they do is pile up in my cabinet.
The bag only serves it's purpose for ~30 minutes then it's of no use. Just a means of transportation for your groceries. Not to mention, more stuff fits (more comfortably) in the useable bags. They are also easier to carry.
And I know you don't want to hear it, but by reusing bags you are saving the planet.
You also save 10 cents at some locations (Whole Foods being one).
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To be honest, I have 20+ reusable bags. If I'm in a store that carries them and I don't have mine, I will buy a new one (99 cents usually) before I use the plastic ones. Plus, some of them are so dang cute I just can't pass them up.
These bags obviously aren't limited to groceries, but it's what I mostly what I use them for. I also wanted an excuse to stay away from the OT with this topic. There are some documentaries floating around on plastic as well - netflix has one.
Wonderful people of the FB - reusable, plastic or paper bags for you?
Personally, I do.
If I don't have a reusable bag in the store with me, I usually ask them to not bag it. Nine times out of ten, I have a bag in my car that I can just put it in. Seems kind of silly to me to continue to get plastic bags when all they do is pile up in my cabinet.
The bag only serves it's purpose for ~30 minutes then it's of no use. Just a means of transportation for your groceries. Not to mention, more stuff fits (more comfortably) in the useable bags. They are also easier to carry.
And I know you don't want to hear it, but by reusing bags you are saving the planet.
You also save 10 cents at some locations (Whole Foods being one).
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That's because we're finally discovering the inconvenient truth about plastic bags: They're rarely recycled. They're made from petroleum oil. And they're an enormous harm to our environment.
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Plastic bags take anywhere from 15 to 1000 years to decompose.
1 percent of plastic bags are recycled in the United States. The rest end up in landfills, the ocean, or some other place in the environment. There's actually a giant garbage heap made mostly of plastic floating in the oceanfloating in the ocean that's twice the size of the United States.
The petroleum used to produce 14 plastic bags can drive a car one mile.
To be honest, I have 20+ reusable bags. If I'm in a store that carries them and I don't have mine, I will buy a new one (99 cents usually) before I use the plastic ones. Plus, some of them are so dang cute I just can't pass them up.
These bags obviously aren't limited to groceries, but it's what I mostly what I use them for. I also wanted an excuse to stay away from the OT with this topic. There are some documentaries floating around on plastic as well - netflix has one.
Wonderful people of the FB - reusable, plastic or paper bags for you?
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Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:20 pm to emboslice
Paper for me, been that way my entire life. My pops has worked in the paper mill industry for 30 years .. folks always taught me that we were helping our family out by using paper bags instead of plastic.
I do most of my grocery shopping @ Rouses here in Nola, which offers paper .. which I request 100% of the time.
I do most of my grocery shopping @ Rouses here in Nola, which offers paper .. which I request 100% of the time.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:21 pm to emboslice
Paper or Plastic
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:27 pm to emboslice
pretty much all plastic cause that's the grocery store standard and I don't care either way to request my groceries be bagged in paper.
I then throw the plastic bags away when I have too many.
I then throw the plastic bags away when I have too many.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:32 pm to JimMorrison
I have a bunch of reusable but normally forget them at home. I also forget to request paper. But I do recycle my plastic ones as small trash bags in my bathroom trash can.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:32 pm to emboslice
Nope, because I use the plastic bags for small trash can bags or to clean the cat litter boxes.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:35 pm to Dorothy
quote:.yes hubs uses it for this also.
to clean the cat litter boxes
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:36 pm to Dorothy
We use the small plastic ones for garbage bags in our vehicles.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:37 pm to bossflossjr
look at all these slaves to plastic 
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:40 pm to Rohan2Reed
I would use paper if offered. Never offered to me at Calandros.
I support paper mills & timber induatry, they are all over rural central/north la.... Where i beez from.
That said, I use the small plastic bags for more purposes than the OP's "used for ~ 30 minutes then useless" comment
I support paper mills & timber induatry, they are all over rural central/north la.... Where i beez from.
That said, I use the small plastic bags for more purposes than the OP's "used for ~ 30 minutes then useless" comment
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:42 pm to emboslice
I live in Austin, where plastic bags have been banned. So, reusable for me. I'm cool with it.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:43 pm to bossflossjr
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Never offered to me at Calandros.
Really? They're the only store that ever asks me. I go to Government location if that makes a difference.
Which I am kinda mad at the store, but that's another thread
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:46 pm to Rohan2Reed
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look at all these slaves to plastic
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:46 pm to BordyLSU
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I live in Austin, where plastic bags have been banned. So, reusable for me. I'm cool with it.
Color me shocked by this action in such a conservative town.
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Government
I shop on Perkins. Live Highland/Pecue area. Have gone to Alexanders a couple times recently too.... Not asked there either.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:49 pm to madamsquirrel
quote:This.
I do recycle my plastic ones as small trash bags
When I'm low, I'll double bag in the self checkout aisle.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 2:49 pm to emboslice
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take anywhere from 15 to 1000 years to decompose
This seems like a pretty large window to me.
I try to remember those bags, but hardly ever do. Maybe they could come up with some sort of kiosk to trade in a ton at a time and get some credits. That way when I forget I can just use my credit and try to bring back the stack I have at the house later.
Also, reusable bag nazi, do you also use handkerchiefs instead of kleenex and no paper towels?
Posted on 10/6/13 at 3:08 pm to fightin tigers
Depends what store I'm going to. I prefer them. It's easier to haul 5-6 of them rather than a dozen plastic bags.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 3:16 pm to emboslice
I NEVER use reusable bags and never will.
Why? Since studying the philosophy of Deep Ecology (sometimes called The Ethic) for 20 years I realized early on that environmentalism is a form of brain washing and has no effect on the environment.
Also... RB are full of bacteria. Not healthy.
I use paper. Easy to pack if you know the geometric shapes that the average 3rd grader could recognize. Also doesn't spill out like plastic when you take fast turns on the way home.
Why? Since studying the philosophy of Deep Ecology (sometimes called The Ethic) for 20 years I realized early on that environmentalism is a form of brain washing and has no effect on the environment.
Also... RB are full of bacteria. Not healthy.
I use paper. Easy to pack if you know the geometric shapes that the average 3rd grader could recognize. Also doesn't spill out like plastic when you take fast turns on the way home.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 3:17 pm to emboslice
Most of the time I bring my reusable bags in when I make groceries.
Posted on 10/6/13 at 3:29 pm to emboslice
I get as many plastic bags as they will give. they are my trashcan liners in the bathrooms.
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