Mean and green!
This blog is a sequel of sorts to Stacy's blog. I decided to try out a cloth bag I recently received at a Rock County Board meeting. Supervisor Mary Mawhinney gave them out in honor of Earth Day, and I believe she got a round of applause for her efforts.
The library books I needed to return fit quite easily in there. I next went into the stacks and stuck 7 books in there, including two large books about making mosaics. Usually when I check out a pile of books from the library I have to place them on the shelf while I'm looking at other books. The bag was definitely convenient.
I was going to take it on my next errand down the street, but decided against it because my bag was so full of books. But I also avoided using a disposable bag in that instance because I bought a wooden crate and carried my treasures in that. (It says "General Cinema" and it's the new home for my DVDs).
Feeling a bit peckish, I decided to test drive the bag at the grocery store. It was a little awkward carrying it at first because the food inside kept shifting. But after I checked out, the bagger put them in differently and I was good to go. It was easier to use the store's salad bar, because when I use a plastic basket it's hard to balance while putting vegetables on my salad. No one pointed or stared at the bag, at least not noticeably. If I use a cart, I think I'd have to remember to put the food directly in the bags in the cart. Knowing me I'd buy too much food to fit inside the bag, thus defeating the purpose.
This was easy to do, and a good warm up for my current project, the Community Garden (coming soon to a 4th Ward near you!)
May 5, 2008 at 5:29 a.m.
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I got some cute canvas bags at Pier One several months ago (near the checkout counter) for about $2 each. They have a flat bottom, which is helpful for layering in some canned goods. Envirosax has some cute eco bags; you get six of them for about $35. The good thing is that they can be rolled up and stuffed in a small spaces. http://www.brightandbold.com/enreba.html...
May 4, 2008 at 9:31 a.m.
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Does anyone know where you can get nice, big canvas bags without a grocery store logo on them? We tend to shop at several grocery stores.
May 3, 2008 at 5:13 p.m.
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For your recycling quandary:
What about baling twine? Or smaller cardboard boxes? Or...stop eating cereal? :)
May 2, 2008 at 7:33 p.m.
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I love canvas bags! You can pack lots of groceries in them, and they're easier to carry than paper bags.
But... I have a problem. I use my brown paper bags to recycle cereal boxes and other paper item.
Now I'm out of paper bags. So what do I toss paper recyclables into? I have a handy bin for bundling my newspaper.
But I need a new system if I'm going to be out of paper grocery bags.
May 2, 2008 at 1:32 p.m.
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Fabulous! I've been bringing my own canvas sacks into the grocery store for years. Until about 6 months ago, I got some rolled eyes, but now all the stores are selling their own version of the bags. When I was in Europe a few years ago, I quickly learned that stores charge you for bags, so it's always a good idea to have one handy in your purse or a few in the car.
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