Okay readers, we're back on plastic. Bags to be specific. I was thinking about it the other day when I came home from Target. I was unloading groceries, and I decided I would count the number of plastic bags I had used on my trip. Final Tally: 19
Nineteen. NINETEEN! For a week’s worth of groceries! If my mother gets the exact same number of items for the next year, that’s 988 bags a year.
Thinking about that many plastic bags sitting in landfills made my head hurt. And plastic bags aren’t even biodegradable. They photodegrade, meaning they break down slowly into smaller toxins. I don't want to be responsible for the release of 988 toxins!
How icky.
So we have to recycle them, peeps. Or at least re-use them.
Plastic bags serve many purposes, so get your full use out of them instead of just throwing them away.
On the side of the Target back alone you have ten suggestions:
1. Tiny Trash Can Liner
2. Doggy Duty
3. Water Balloon
4. Road Trip Rubbish
5. Soggy Laundry
6. Ice Pack
7. Toiletry Tote
8. Kitty Litter Liner
9. Tomorrow Lunch Bag
10. Care Package Padding
Save your planet. Be the change :)
3 comments:
Aah...water balloon Target bag sounds like a lot of fun! You gave us some great ideas.
dekoposh, Inc. Team
I am getting so good Shannon, you would be proud of me. I carry my bags with me everywhere. Forget those ugly plastic bags, they are not stylish enough for me!
Wink...Posh
We never realized what throwing all those plastic grocery bags were doing to environment. I will take your advice!
L8R...Deko
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