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How do you carry your groceries home?Posted Jul 16th 2007 2:50PM by Marisa McClellanIn the last six months or so, I've been making a concerted effort at bringing my own, reusable bags to the grocery store with me in an attempt to reduce my personal consumption of plastic. I don't always remember to bring them with me (yesterday I was out and made a spur-of-the-moment run into Trader Joe's unbagged), but I'm trying. When I do make a purchase that results in being handed a plastic bag, I reuse or recycle them. I've amassed a nice collection of reusable sacks from Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, the Sierra Club and more local co-ops than I can list (a friend recently pointed out that my rapid consumption of reusable bags might be defeating the purpose of the exercise). My dubious buying practices aside, I still think that reusable bags are the way to go. Reducing the consumption of plastic bags has become a world-wide trend recently. Modbury, England has banned them from their town. San Francisco is considering a similar ban in the city's grocery stores. If you are looking for some options in going reusable, the West Chester Dish, a food blog/online magazine out of West Chester, PA, has posted a nice round-up of some available reusable bags out there, as well as some tips for reusing and recycling the plastic sacks that most grocery stores uninhibitedly distribute.
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