Paper, Plastic or Canvas?

[Csara]

Just curious what type of bags you use when going to the grocery store?

[yonksgirl]

I use plasic, I want to find nice canvas I just have not done it yet :blush:

[meliz]

I have purchased a zillion fabric bags sold by local stores-- and have a great incentive to use them (a discount on groceries)... but of course I always forget them and end up with more damned plastic bags.

[heather6773]

I use plasic, I want to find nice canvas I just have not done it yet :blush:

I thought that this morning but with the amount of groceries I buy and the size bags the stores sell I would need about 15-20 of them

[Sexy Strawberry]

In Spain you get as many plastic bags as you want in shops and supermarkets, it's not very friendly to the environment, but I always reuse them and use them for rubbish.
In Germany you have to pay for them, but I can't get used to it. I never leave home to go buy something, I generally go shopping after work... so most of the time I have to buy bags... then I reuse them.

[RedBedHead]

I'm slowly making the switch to canvas. I hate plastic because they always rip open and I wind up with a can of something hitting my foot!

[yonksgirl]

I am thinking about making my own bags.....I think the hubby is getting me a sewing machine for christmas...so we shall see!

[CC21]

I thought that this morning but with the amount of groceries I buy and the size bags the stores sell I would need about 15-20 of them

I agree. We grocery shop about every other week, sometimes less often than that. I would need a ton of them too.

[Turtleheadfred]

I always get plastic, because paper can bring "critters" into the house. Plus the place I go, allows you to bring the bags back to be recycled. That makes me feel a little better - plus I can NEVER remember to bring my own!

[heather6773]

I always get plastic, because paper can bring "critters" into the house. Plus the place I go, allows you to bring the bags back to be recycled. That makes me feel a little better - plus I can NEVER remember to bring my own!

I never gave that a thought. I do see people donate bags to the thrift store though when I drop stuff off so they are getting recycled there:thumb2:

[Deana]

when I was single and living in Chicago, I used a canvas bag. I didn't really know I was being environmentally friendly, I just knew that I could only buy what would fit in the bag b/c I had to carry it 2 blocks to my flat, and often times in the snow!

Now I do plastic. I do recycle all of my plastic bags, either using them for garbage bags in my house or dropping them off in the grocery recyling bin.

I think switching to paper after the first of the year is a good thought for me!!

ETA my best friend was on the Ellen DeGeneres show last spring - she was chosen out of the audience to do a little contest -- anyway, her question was, what is best for the environment, paper or plastic? She said neither and won a trip to Cancun!!

[heather6773]

when I was single and living in Chicago, I used a canvas bag. I didn't really know I was being environmentally friendly, I just knew that I could only buy what would fit in the bag b/c I had to carry it 2 blocks to my flat, and often times in the snow!

Now I do plastic. I do recycle all of my plastic bags, either using them for garbage bags in my house or dropping them off in the grocery recyling bin.

I think switching to paper after the first of the year is a good thought for me!!

ETA my best friend was on the Ellen DeGeneres show last spring - she was chosen out of the audience to do a little contest -- anyway, her question was, what is best for the environment, paper or plastic? She said neither and won a trip to Cancun!!


Oh really why neither?

[IUgrad02]

Heather, probably b/c canvas bags are the best, I'm guessing.


I always ask the bagger to give me paper bags b/c I use them to put all of my paper recycling in, and then I recycle the entire thing. I hate seeing 320498203948 paper bags leaving walmart and all of the other stores every day. You guys all seem conscientious, but most of our world is not, sadly. :( I'm kind of obsessed w/ recycling.

[heather6773]

Heather, probably b/c canvas bags are the best, I'm guessing.


I always ask the bagger to give me paper bags b/c I use them to put all of my paper recycling in, and then I recycle the entire thing. I hate seeing 320498203948 paper bags leaving walmart and all of the other stores every day. You guys all seem conscientious, but most of our world is not, sadly. :( I'm kind of obsessed w/ recycling.

Thanks Megan your probably right. Makes sense.