| Did you know that every year, the United States uses | | | | is because most of these bags are made of canvas |
| 100 million plastic shopping bags? That means 12 million | | | | which is a strong, non woven fabric than can hold a |
| barrels of crude oil had to be used just to create all of | | | | typical list of grocery items. |
| those plastic bags. Those numbers alone do not make | | | | 3. If you want to be fashionable when you go out |
| a pretty picture. Just think about all of those plastic | | | | shopping, now you can with these reusable shopping |
| bags and that when these have completely been used | | | | bags. They come in different sizes, colors, styles, and |
| up, it will all just go to landfills and do not decompose | | | | designs. You can even personalize your own by using |
| for a hundred years. | | | | some fabric paint, beads and colorful threads. |
| If we do not act now then we will just be continuing to | | | | 4. You can help promote being friendly with the |
| pollute our land and water with all of these plastics. | | | | environment by creating your own personalized |
| There is always a solution. While we are waiting for | | | | shopping bags and giving them as a gift to your friends |
| scientists to create a kind of plastic that will | | | | and co-workers. In your own small way, you will be |
| decompose quickly and be safer for the environment, | | | | helping to spread the word about the importance of |
| we should start using eco friendly shopping bags. We | | | | taking plastics off the supermarkets and replacing |
| should make it a habit to bring such bags whenever | | | | them with reusable bags. Plus, you will be educating |
| we go to the supermarket and shopping centers so | | | | people that it is very easy and fun to use eco bags |
| we can contribute in minimizing the plastic wastes. | | | | instead. |
| There are so many benefits of using these eco | | | | 5. Look for a supermarket that gives credit or |
| friendly shopping bags, and the following is just a short | | | | discounts to people who shop using their own shopping |
| list of it. | | | | bags. It is a growing trend among supermarkets to |
| 1. Since crude oil is used to create all those plastic | | | | shift to reusable bags instead of the typical plastic kind. |
| shopping bags, when we use our own fabric based | | | | Help support this initiative by using your own bag |
| bags, there will be less demand for plastic bags. This | | | | instead, and in turn get something of a bonus from |
| means less plastics will be used and since plastics are | | | | your shopping. |
| made from crude oil, less of that greasy and polluting | | | | There is no better time to be more concerned for our |
| stuff will be needed. | | | | environment than today. We have the power to make |
| 2. You can use eco friendly shopping bags again and | | | | a change, to make our own contributions to keeping |
| again. These are more durable than plastic bags and | | | | our world a better, safer and cleaner place to live in. |
| will certainly last for even hundreds more of uses. This | | | | |