Comments on: Plastic Bags: The Scourge of Africa (and a little closer to home, too) http://wisteria.tallahasseegardens.com/2008/07/plastic-bags-the-scourge-of-africa-and-a-little-closer-to-home-too/ Tallahassee Garden Club Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:32:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Julanne Rutten http://wisteria.tallahasseegardens.com/2008/07/plastic-bags-the-scourge-of-africa-and-a-little-closer-to-home-too/#comment-3 Julanne Rutten Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:37:11 +0000 http://wisteria.tallahasseegardens.com/?p=45#comment-3 I have four cloths bags and a wine caddy and have found that I can get most everything in them. Before then, it took only a few trips to the store to gather an unmanageable amount of plastic bags. There is one exception, I like my seafood or poultry in a plastic bag before it's placed in the cloth one. The only drawback to cloth is that many baggers haven't exactly perfected the art of packing them well. Leisa, I like your idea of making a pledge on Earth Day. Next year, why don't you issue a challenge to your friends and family? I will certainly participate! I have four cloths bags and a wine caddy and have found that I can get most everything in them. Before then, it took only a few trips to the store to gather an unmanageable amount of plastic bags. There is one exception, I like my seafood or poultry in a plastic bag before it’s placed in the cloth one. The only drawback to cloth is that many baggers haven’t exactly perfected the art of packing them well.

Leisa, I like your idea of making a pledge on Earth Day. Next year, why don’t you issue a challenge to your friends and family? I will certainly participate!

]]> By: Leisa Pichard http://wisteria.tallahasseegardens.com/2008/07/plastic-bags-the-scourge-of-africa-and-a-little-closer-to-home-too/#comment-2 Leisa Pichard Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:57:07 +0000 http://wisteria.tallahasseegardens.com/?p=45#comment-2 For Earth Day this year I made a pledge to quit using plastic bags. I have to say the biggest challenge is remembering to take the cloth bags to the store with me. I can't tell you how many times I've gotten to check-out and realized I have no bags. So now, I too have a zipped Target bag in my purse. But I find that many times, I don't need a bag at all. The clerks put even the smallest things in a bag. A pack of gum, for instance, gets bagged. A greeting card. Seriously, why do you need a bag for something you can carry in your hand? But I think the clerks, and most customers, don't even think about it. Frankly, in addition to the benefits to the earth, cloth bags don't pile up at my house like the plastic. (I think the plastic bags breed!). And I don't have to find a place to store them like I do the plastic. AND you can get more in the cloth bags--especially those awesome green Publix bags which I use for everything. So fewer trips to unload the groceries. I seriously love them. And remember, the grocery store is not the only place to think about your bagging choices. For Earth Day this year I made a pledge to quit using plastic bags. I have to say the biggest challenge is remembering to take the cloth bags to the store with me. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten to check-out and realized I have no bags. So now, I too have a zipped Target bag in my purse. But I find that many times, I don’t need a bag at all. The clerks put even the smallest things in a bag. A pack of gum, for instance, gets bagged. A greeting card. Seriously, why do you need a bag for something you can carry in your hand? But I think the clerks, and most customers, don’t even think about it.

Frankly, in addition to the benefits to the earth, cloth bags don’t pile up at my house like the plastic. (I think the plastic bags breed!). And I don’t have to find a place to store them like I do the plastic. AND you can get more in the cloth bags–especially those awesome green Publix bags which I use for everything. So fewer trips to unload the groceries. I seriously love them. And remember, the grocery store is not the only place to think about your bagging choices.

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