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rickfm wrote:Lacey mentioned this movie in the BPA in canned foods thread. I think it deserves it's own topic.
I just watched the movie and I must say, I'm never asking for another plastic bag at the grocery store again. In fact, I'm going out tomorrow and buying some reusable grocery bags.
Ginger wrote:I have made my own cloth (cotton) shopping bags and have used them for years here in Panama. They are much easier to wash and keep clean than canvas. I think there may be ONE other person here who uses reusable bags. The local merchants have gotten used to me (it took a while!) and my refusal of plastic. But it never occurs to them to do the same. In the more modern supermarkets there are often canvas bags above the cash register with signs urging customers to buy and use them. No one pays the slightest attention. Cashiers and bag boys have never been educated about them and will continue to double bag one item. I want to start some kind of cottage industry where local women can earn money sewing cotton bags and selling them (at least to the foreigners) But unless the consciousness changes, I'm not sure how successful it would be. But it might be worth a try!!
Wild4Stars wrote:Would love to see a photo of the bags you make, and maybe some basic instructions.
rickfm wrote:Wild4Stars wrote:Would love to see a photo of the bags you make, and maybe some basic instructions.
I would love to buy some of them.
HealthyMe2010 wrote:For those who have eliminated plastic from their lives, how do you go about storing things like lettuce? Do you just stick it in the fridge without anything or do you store them in glass?
I've tried not bagging lettuce and it just dries out and becomes nasty.
Also for bulk items, how do you purchase them? Flour isn't going to work in a cloth bag and using a glass container will just cost more because of the weight of the container...
stoumi wrote:Is this movie available on Netflix? I can't get to the site since it's not allowed here at work.
Wild4Stars wrote:I can't claim to have eliminated plastic, but I have reduced it and plan to reduce it more. I think the big issue is the stuff that gets used once and thrown away. I may still use plastic containers, that I use and re-use, like for lettuce in the fridge. I don't use plastic grocery bags, I take my own. I've moved to glass water bottles that I refill with filtered water for drinking. Next I'm going to work on the ziplocks and other use once and throw away things. I know I can't do it all at once, but I can sure move in the right direction.
Wild4Stars wrote:Good point Rick. Would you be willing to sell them?
Wild4Stars wrote:I think the big issue is the stuff that gets used once and thrown away.
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