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Reusable Produce And Shopping Bags

Small reusable shopping bags  are becoming more and more popular as people realize just how wasteful it is to throw out disposable bags every time they go grocery shopping. When you stop and think about how many plastic bags you throw away after a trip to the store, it should be clear that a change is needed. Even if you recycle the disposable plastic bags you bring home, you are still contributing to polluting the planet. How is that? The process of manufacturing disposable plastic bags uses electricity, water, and also produces waste. Then, after they have been made, they are loaded into trucks that burn fuel and pollute the environment so they can be shipped to the grocery store. That's a lot of resources used, and pollutants created, to make something that people are going to throw away. That's why using a  Small reusable shopping bags  instead of disposable plastic is an important step that everyone needs to take to help protect the environment. If yo...

Reusable Shopping Bags

Using eco friendly reusable cotton produce bags is a great way to help do your part to protect the environment. Unfortunately, plastic grocery bags and plastic produce bags often end up in landfills instead of in the recycling bin. When you stop and think about just how many of these plastic bags are ending up in landfills, it should be clear to anyone that cares about our planet that there is a problem. Using reusable, foldable shopping bags can help to keep some of those plastic bags out of landfills. If everyone would convert and start using these types of shopping bags instead of disposable plastic bags, the amount of waste that is produced would be greatly reduced.   While the waste produced by disposable plastic grocery and produce bags are significant, that's not the only way they impact the environment. The process of manufacturing disposable plastic bags involves using resources, using electricity that likely comes from a non-renewable source, and also prod...