Ok, friends... We've all been there... You pull into the grocery store parking lot, find a spot, lock the car, get inside, start shopping away, arrive in line to pay and.... Not again! The reuseable shopping bags are still in the trunk!!!
Well, in DC, grocery stores are beginning to charge 5 cents per plastic bag to customers who have not brought reuseable ones with them. So, what's a shopper to do?
1. Go ahead and buy some good bright, flat-bottomed reuseable bags and keep them in the car.
2. Try writing a note on your grocery list to remind yourself to bring bags inside with you, until this becomes a habit.
3. Be glad you are doing your part to be less wasteful! *
* When I traveled to Nice, France 2 years ago, I did some grocery shopping and did not have bags with me. They did not have cheap 5 cent bags (ok... cheap in Euros...). Instead, customers had to buy heavy duty bags that cost around $3 each (US)... Someday, we may be there - and I don't think that is a bad thing! Around here, we don't need even one more plastic bag to end up in the Chesapeake Bay. For more, see the blog below:
Comments(7)