PAPER or PLASTIC? NEITHER!

Break the plastic bag habit by bringing a reusable bag on your next shopping trip! The bags you choose at the checkout counter are an important part of our habit-breaking new “Green Lifestyle”. Use your own tote to cart your groceries home are also important for your wellbeing and that of the planet. Carrying a sturdy yet style-wise bag that can be left in your car between uses, such as those available from Ancient Circles, will help you break the plastic bag habit.

I take mine back out to the car next day folded up – and leave it in the trunk. it takes a few times to remember to do this simple thing, but the personal reward of “goodness” is worth the effort!Across the globe, plastic bags such as those dispensed in stores are consumed at a rate of one million a minute, yet single-use carriers will hang around long afterwards, polluting soil and waterways. Further, there is 12 million barrels of oil used in this country every year to produce these bags. All of this contributes to climate change.

Paper is not any better, and in fact - some studies agree that paper is more energy intensive to produce, and creates Dioxins in the process.

And don’t forget to take reusable bags to your local farmers markets this summer. Make a difference when you can!

Visit the Conscious Consumer Marketplace for more information about plastic bags and reusable alternatives.