Today it was shopping day. I went to the grocery shop today to buy some food and other things that I needed. When I finished shopping I arrived at the cashier to pay and go back home and enjoy a lovely meal. I noticed that the lady packing my things used a plastic bag for almost each product. What was that??? Complete wastage of plastic bags!!!
In Switzerland (I’m not aware if this happens in other European countries but I’m pretty sure of it) what people do is to buy linen bags or artificial cloth bags and put their groceries in there. Everyone can have one, they are cheap and light, can be stored in the back of the car and used whenever you go in the shops. In some countries they even charge the plastic bags so as to make the customer have a bag of their own. This way you can spare yourself from having too many plastic bags and not knowing what to do with them and also you help the environment and save some money too.
Think how much space you save in your kitchens drawers from storing the plastic bags when you use linen bags. Unless of course your groceries are that many that cannot fit in your linen bag…. Then you can make an exception.
3 comments:
The cloth bags are available lots of places for a dollar or two, we even have them at my store. I *LOVE* my cloth bags. I use them for everything!
Actually there are a lot of groceries here that charge for plastic bags, and they have cloth bags on display for customer to purchase for a dollar. But it is up to the customer to buy them. I myself have purchased a few cloth bags, but I know a lot of people still prefer to get plastic.
I like to shop at this one clthing store and everytime you buy something there they give you a reusable bag. The bonus is that when you bring the bag with you next time you shop there you save $1 off your purchase. I think thats great they are giving incentive to help reduce waste. The best advice is to keep the bag in your car because I seem to always forget to bring it with me so I have a few reusable bags now.
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