Our solution is to help show people in grocery stores that reusable bags are better for the environment. What we are doing to help is making bags and passing them out in farmers markets trying to inspire people to bring their own. We want to teach people about the harm that all these one use plastic bags are causing. Recycling bags is very important because 8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year.
How we can help!
Mesh bags.
Mesh bags are really great to use when you are collecting fresh produce in markets. Next time you go to the market just bring a mesh bag. Usually mesh bags are really cheap and you can buy them at most markets or online. You can keep reusing them every time you go to the market and save money and the planet by not using plastic bags!
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Paper bags.
Using paper bags can reduce the amount of plastic in the ocean by a lot. When you go to a market and receive a paper bag, don't throw it away when you are done unpacking your groceries, Fold it up and bring it back to the market to use again another time. You can keep doing this until the paper bag eventually rips or breaks some how. Paper bags tend to break after about 10 times of usage, so after it breaks you can get more paper bags and reuse them until they break again. By doing this you can save money and the planet!
Cloth bags.
Cloth bags are VERY reusable and basically last forever! Go to the market or an online website and buy a few for yourself. It may be expensive but in the end it is worth it. Think about your great, great grandchildren who will ask what is a turtle because they go extinct from all the plastic bags in the ocean. Trust me it it is way better in the long run. Plus cloth bags are very good for produce and anything else you can buy in a farmers market. By doing this you can save money and the planet by not using plastic bags!
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This is our design for our grocery bags made fully out of t-shirts. They are just like any other grocery or shopping bag, but just made out of t-shirts. They have handles and space to hold all of the things you need. These bags are very reusable and you can keep using them for a LONG time. They are washable if you need or would like them to be washable before usage. Overall, by using these bags you can save money and the environment! |