Super Hero Shopping Bags…Saving The World!
No, your choice of shopping bag won’t end wars or stop famine in third world countries but you can certainly do your part to save the forests and stop global warming by purchasing and using a 100% recycled shopping bag.
100% Recycled? 100% Reusable?
With all of the shopping going on, you are bound to find yourself head deep in plastic bags. No matter where you go, your purchases will be bagged in some form of material that can be re-used in several different ways.
When the cashier at the grocery store asks you if you want paper or plastic, you should be able to give a better answer than, “whichever”. Plastic bags, once used and discarded, end up in landfills where it can take a minimum of one million years to break down. Even then, the chemicals used in the manufacturing of the plastic bag seep into the ground and poison it. Paper bags are a better choice but it still takes a tree to create piles of paper bags. So what can you do as a consumer to be an eco friendly shopper?
Eco friendly shopping bags are handmade from materials you throw out everyday. Those newspapers you toss into the recycling bin every week make their way back into your home in the form of a super durable, 100% reusable and recycled shopping bag. Because paper is made from trees it is much stronger than you’d think. Ever try tearing a phonebook in half? When bound and woven during the bag making process, it is given more strength and durability that will come in handy when your shopping bag is filled to the brim with cans of soup.
Other Uses for Your 100% Recycled Shopping Bag
When your bi-monthly shopping trip is over, don’t put that bag away! There are many other uses for your 100% recycled shopping bag. Your reusable shopping bag can be reused and reused and reused…
Here, to get you kick-started are just a few of the hundreds of different ways that you can reuse your eco-friendly shopping bag:
- As a diaper bag – tons of space for baby’s stuff and yours
- As a pet carrier – cozy and comfy for your furry friend
- As a crafts bag – imagine all the knitting stuff you can cram in there and bring wherever you go
- As a carry-all or airline carry on- it’s the perfect size for overhead bins
Being eco friendly used to be about living outdoors without the modern conveniences that pollute and destroy the Earth. Now, being eco friendly means making smarter choices about the things you buy and how you reuse them. Using shopping bags made out of recycled materials can’t give you super powers but it can definitely make you feel like a super hero saving the earth.
