Paper or Plastic?
April 16th, 2008. Filed under: Wednesday's Wonders.That’s a question we hear a lot when we’re out shopping for groceries. Increasingly, the reply is, “Neither. I have my own cloth bags.” The groceries are hopping on the bandwagon with this and selling reusable bags. I do most of my shopping at Publix as it’s just a few blocks from my home. They not only sell the cloth bags, but also have recycling bins set up outside the store. Included there are a couple that recycle items that aren’t handled by our county recycling service. This includes plastic bags and Styrofoam egg cartons. I’m going to have to ask if they accept other items of Styrofoam. As hard as I try, I can’t seem to avoid all of it. It invades my home. One of my downfalls is Chinese take out which mostly does not include styro unless you buy something such as sweet and sour or lemon chicken. I always receive the sauce in cute little styro containers that I neither need, nor want. I know I need to just cut down on the Chinese. We’ve been buying it once a week lately which is just too often. Bad for both the attempts at frugality and the environment.
I read a good article yesterday at beingfrugal.net. Tightwad Tuesday: Go Paperless! I read it again today along with the comments. There are some very helpful suggestions with comments about reducing both the paper and plastic in our lives. Check out this posting by Lynnae and come back and tell me what you think about the subject.
April 16th, 2008 at 15:14
um….okay
I’m not going to give up my bathroom related paper products
I’m was very happy to give up diapers but that only happened
because boys got potty trained 🙂
I would LOVE to give up all the paper junk mail I get and all
the papers and mountains of papers and more papers that
schools send home with my boys
as for the rest I’m trying
paying bills on line reduces paper and saves you money because
you don’t have to buy stamps or envelopes or checks
April 16th, 2008 at 18:21
Great post! I actually just bought my first reusable grocery bags on Tuesday. I’ve noticed them around a lot more, too.
Thanks for the mention!