It's been bugging me for some time that grocery stores still offer millions of plastic bags in the produce section. What ever happened to living in the land of innovation? We're smart people, we should have figured this out years ago!
I happened across some reusable produce bags recently, and I wanted to share in case you've been feeling guilty about using those plastic bags OR if you were like me, and stopped using the plastic bags but then had all your produce rolling around in your cart. It also torks off the cashiers, it turns out.
I bought a set of 3 "3B Bags" at Vitamin Cottage recently. They are 2 different sizes, have a drawstring top (sweet), are made of nylon and are washable. They squish up really small so you can jam them in your purse or I just started keeping them in my regular reusable bags in my car.
Here's the link so you can check them out.
http://www.3bbags.com/
If you are aiming to be green, using cloth diapers instead of disposables may seem like a no brainer. I don't believe, however, that the choice is that black and white. With disposables, you have to consider land fill waste, and chemical/gas use in manufacturing, shipping, and the associated packaging. With cloth diapers the main consideration is water use for washing, and some possible chemical use for cleaning. While water use may not seem to outweigh the factors involved with disposables, I have actually read research stating that, depending on where you live, it does. If you live in a place where land fill space is plentiful, but water resources are scarce, it was recommended that one use disposables. And vice versa. Using a cloth diaper service can reduce water/energy use for cleaning because they are able to be more efficient with washing large numbers of diapers at once. The drawback is that, most of the time, they will use some kind of bleach agent to disinfect between multiple customers, whereas at home you can use natural cleaners. Cloth diaper services are also considerably more expensive than washing your own.
