My wild Saturday night consisted of grocery shopping, who knew it would end up resembling a horror movie? I head to my local organic, emphasis on healthy food, supermarket. I am tackling my commitment to eating less red meat and I’m buying ground turkey and even tofu! Fruits, veggies, my choices are looking AMAZING! As I’m putting my items up on the conveyor belt I start to comment on the plastic packaging. By the time I get to the end I realize that EVERYTHING I bought came in a plastic package. Everything Now most of it is recyclable, and recycle I will, but I have a couple issues with recycling… First, contamination is a huge problem, it’s a complicated system to make sure you are putting the right products into your recycling bin. How many people do you think truly do the research…
I just dropped off what I hope is my last load of plastic bags for recycle! Years ago I bought reusable bags but I only managed to use them sporadically. Anyone else had that problem? Forgot them in the house, forgot them in the car, forgot I had them at all… I admit it was laziness, going plastic free takes commitment, I’m going to have to teach myself some new habits! Those old bags were also difficult to store and difficult to use, so I started my renewed efforts by looking to see what “advancements” have been made in the reusable bag market… I came across these Grab Bags, they clip right into your cart – the price was right and reviews were good! They even make insulated ones! I admit, we forgot them in the car… after a brief “we…
