I shopped for the first time without using plastic grocery bags. It was awesome. I used one big "keeps hot stuff hot or cold stuff cold" bag that I'd bought some time ago - and actually had used once before for grocery shopping at a store across town - but only so the food would stay cool on the way home. It wasn't made for ecological purposes.
So, I used my giant blue "keep stuff cold" bag and a black mesh bag that I've used for tons of things in the past, and appears to be made ideally for the beach. It wasn't a gigantic shopping trip, but not exactly small either. And I packed everything into those bags. With some room to spare in the blue bag. I will definitely need to get a few more bags - which was always a plan. I think K is more accepting of it now too. It was cool to see that what would have been 6-8 bags was all held in these 2 bags. No cart needed and easy to take into the house. Quite convenient.
But I found some plastic bags that I just couldn't shake. The plastic bags in the produce section where you put your apples/onions/pears/lettuce. Not sure what good options there are for that. Not putting them in a bag doesn't work well because they have to be grouped, weighed and moved easily by the check out person. And I really don't want them loose in the cart or dragged along the counter w/ who knows what on it. So, they need to be separated, but in see through containers that bring no additional weight to the table. Crap. Maybe something mesh? But dang - that could require quite a few bags.
So while I haven't removed myself from ALL plastic bags - no more plastic shopping/carry out bags. Just produce bags. Any good ideas on that?
So, I used my giant blue "keep stuff cold" bag and a black mesh bag that I've used for tons of things in the past, and appears to be made ideally for the beach. It wasn't a gigantic shopping trip, but not exactly small either. And I packed everything into those bags. With some room to spare in the blue bag. I will definitely need to get a few more bags - which was always a plan. I think K is more accepting of it now too. It was cool to see that what would have been 6-8 bags was all held in these 2 bags. No cart needed and easy to take into the house. Quite convenient.
But I found some plastic bags that I just couldn't shake. The plastic bags in the produce section where you put your apples/onions/pears/lettuce. Not sure what good options there are for that. Not putting them in a bag doesn't work well because they have to be grouped, weighed and moved easily by the check out person. And I really don't want them loose in the cart or dragged along the counter w/ who knows what on it. So, they need to be separated, but in see through containers that bring no additional weight to the table. Crap. Maybe something mesh? But dang - that could require quite a few bags.
So while I haven't removed myself from ALL plastic bags - no more plastic shopping/carry out bags. Just produce bags. Any good ideas on that?
