This week we purchased re-useable bags and have begun to use them each week when we shop.
Reasons to reuse:
1 Every year Americans throw away 100 billion plastic grocery bags. These bags can clog drains, crowd landfills, and leave an unsightly blot on the landscape.So why don't more people do this? (I have never seen someone in the Houston area reusing their own bags) Well, it could be that they don't know about it. So that's why I am blogging about it. Or it could be that people are inherently stupid and lazy. I am hoping for the first choice - it's a matter of education. I sleep better at night thinking that way.
2 Plastic bags can take up to 1,000 years to break down.
3 Each reusable bag has the potential to eliminate an average of 1,000 plastic bags over its lifetime.
4 The production of plastic bags requires large amounts of crude oil, natural gas, or other petrochemical derivatives.
5 The production of paper bags requires large amounts of wood, petroleum, and coal.
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I also sleep well knowing that the power company that we use is - Green Mountain.
The company is designed to get the most out of marketing and supplying energy from geothermal, wind and solar.
