Have you observed when you have gone to the supermarket or grocer lately that more and more people are using cotton shopping bags. These would have been a strange site just a few years ago has not only become customary but both fashionable and making a statement that we are worried about our environment.
More that 100 billion plastic bags one of kind or another are used in the United States each year. They are a convenience that is hygienic and is a good way to carry and store food, although at a great cost to the environment. These bags are one of the modern conveniences that we take for granted and don’t think twice about the negative ramifications of using them. Plastic bags not only cause pollution but endanger our wildlife our oceans and deplete our limited natural resources.
Paper are not the best substitute solution either since they break easily and it is more difficult to carry heavier items in them. Cutting down hundreds of million of trees that are the lungs of our planet is not a wise solution either. The wiping out of forest has been known to cause weather changes that have resulted in reduced crops, which means less food to carry in these bags.
As these issues have been brought to the vanguard both individuals and companies have determined that cotton shopping bags offer an eco friendly solutions. Many supermarkets and other grocery store give discounts and other incentives for shoppers using these bags. They are washable and can be reused many times for shopping. They do not have to be boring either as many stores have there store logos on them and there are numerous designer style bags for those that wish to go shopping with a little more stylish . It’s a matter of personal choice but either way its remarkable when you go the market these days that you see more and more people with these bags. It is pretty clear that many realize the accountability they have to the environment.
There are sound reasons for using cotton shopping bags. The fact that were helping make out environment cleaner and using less limited resources, this concept is not new an prior to popularity in usage of plastic bags other means were used. In many part of the world other means for carrying items that does not incorporate plastic bags are very common. So when the clerk at the supermarket say’s paper of plastic, tell him neither and offer him your cotton shopping bag.
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