All over the U.S., companies and governments are working to reduce or ban plastic bags in stores. Whole Foods is getting rid of their plastic bags by Earth Day (April 22). They project that this will reduce plastic bag consumption by over 100 million bags this year alone. Holy landfill, Batman! That’s a lot of bags.
Customers have the option of choosing recycled paper bags or buying one of the green (both color and environmentally) cloth bags that they sell for 99 cents. We bought a number of the Whole Foods bags last year and they go everywhere with us – supermarket, grocery store, clothes shopping, you name it! We even took one on our family adventure this weekend when we went to a local museum – just on the off chance that we might need to pick up something. Suffice it to say, there are a few bags in both our cars at all times. If you haven’t tried out a reusable bag, go ahead and spring for one or two. Not only do they help each of us do “our part” but, you look really green doing it.
~ Beth
