Comments on: Poll Results: Do You Take Reusable Bags to the Grocery Store? http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/ Time and Money Saving Tips from Thrifty Mommy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:23:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sharon http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-6489 Sharon Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:20:02 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/#comment-6489 I love my cloth bags! I only have meat put into a plastic bag. One plastic bag a week isn't bad. I don't worry about my boxes touching the conveyor belt where other stuff was, and then going into a cloth bag. I mean, even if I used plastic bags, my cereal box is still going into my pantry, and I don't wash my hands just because I touched the outside of a cereal box at home, so I don't see that it matters. I love my cloth bags! I only have meat put into a plastic bag. One plastic bag a week isn’t bad. I don’t worry about my boxes touching the conveyor belt where other stuff was, and then going into a cloth bag. I mean, even if I used plastic bags, my cereal box is still going into my pantry, and I don’t wash my hands just because I touched the outside of a cereal box at home, so I don’t see that it matters.

]]> By: Eight http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-6499 Eight Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:25:14 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/#comment-6499 I use an $8 big purse from Old Navy. It's very sturdy and I LOVE it. I carry a little plastic bag (rolled up into a wee ball) inside, just in case I buy meat. And by having only one bag, I buy less packaged things that I don't need, while having plenty of room for bulk (reused plastic baggies and ties from last time) and loose produce (ditto.) I use an $8 big purse from Old Navy. It’s very sturdy and I LOVE it. I carry a little plastic bag (rolled up into a wee ball) inside, just in case I buy meat. And by having only one bag, I buy less packaged things that I don’t need, while having plenty of room for bulk (reused plastic baggies and ties from last time) and loose produce (ditto.)

]]> By: Owlwings http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-6501 Owlwings Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/#comment-6501 We recycle glass, cans, many plastics, newsprint and cardboard and garden and kitchen waste. Our local councils, in fact, are considering penalising those who don't sort their trash properly! Our supermarkets are also actively promoting the reuse of plastic bags. Even so, we find that many packagings are both overdone (so that one almost has more packaging than product) and not easy to recycle, either because the types of plastics and cardboard are mixed and difficult to separate or because the recycling industry is not yet developed enough to be able to accept and identify all kinds of plastic. Plastic grocery bags, once they have seen more than half a dozen or so uses as bags, can be recycled very successfully into a wood-like substance which makes excellent outdoor furniture such as park benches and picnic tables. Pressure and support for recycling schemes is very effective at a local level. The more that a community WANTS to recycle, the more that it will find economic ways of doing so and raising awareness of the advantages and necessity of recycling is something that is best done at 'grass roots' level. We recycle glass, cans, many plastics, newsprint and cardboard and garden and kitchen waste. Our local councils, in fact, are considering penalising those who don’t sort their trash properly! Our supermarkets are also actively promoting the reuse of plastic bags.

Even so, we find that many packagings are both overdone (so that one almost has more packaging than product) and not easy to recycle, either because the types of plastics and cardboard are mixed and difficult to separate or because the recycling industry is not yet developed enough to be able to accept and identify all kinds of plastic.

Plastic grocery bags, once they have seen more than half a dozen or so uses as bags, can be recycled very successfully into a wood-like substance which makes excellent outdoor furniture such as park benches and picnic tables.

Pressure and support for recycling schemes is very effective at a local level. The more that a community WANTS to recycle, the more that it will find economic ways of doing so and raising awareness of the advantages and necessity of recycling is something that is best done at ‘grass roots’ level.

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]]> By: Lindsey http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-6457 Lindsey Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:37:57 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/#comment-6457 They are machine washable. I wash mine frequently. I just use gentle cycle and gentle detergent. I hang mine to dry. They have held up very well. Also, I started using reusable bags before the green movement really took hold, simply because I have a toddler and I wanted to make as few trips as possible. With the plastic bags, it seems like they are packed with only one or two items each...which made me have to take at least 5 trips unless DH was home. :( Now, with the reusable bags, they sling over my shoulder, so I can get 4 bags (which is the extent of our shopping) in one trip! They are machine washable. I wash mine frequently. I just use gentle cycle and gentle detergent. I hang mine to dry. They have held up very well.

Also, I started using reusable bags before the green movement really took hold, simply because I have a toddler and I wanted to make as few trips as possible. With the plastic bags, it seems like they are packed with only one or two items each…which made me have to take at least 5 trips unless DH was home. :( Now, with the reusable bags, they sling over my shoulder, so I can get 4 bags (which is the extent of our shopping) in one trip!

]]> By: denise http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-6411 denise Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:19:09 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/poll-results-do-you-take-reusable-bags-to-the-grocery-store/#comment-6411 Im just thinking that of all the bacteria in those reuseable bags and having to wash them all the time! I could only use them for canned and boxed food and still those get put on the same belt that everyone else has put their meat and dairy on so there would be a little bacteria as well. Ugh. Im just thinking that of all the bacteria in those reuseable bags and having to wash them all the time! I could only use them for canned and boxed food and still those get put on the same belt that everyone else has put their meat and dairy on so there would be a little bacteria as well. Ugh.

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