What difference can one person really make with reusable shopping bags?
We often ask ourselves this question. Can we really make a difference with this small act of reducing? The answer is absolutely. I grew up in Eastern Europe, where we always used reusable shopping bags. That was the only option. Moving to a country that gives the bags away seemed like a luxury, until I found myself with hundreds of plastic bags in my house. I even though of getting a shopping bag organizer. I was reluctant to throw away the plastic bags thinking that I would reuse them in some way. These bags could have their uses, but if you live in a place like San Francisco, you really don’t need them. Our garbage in the city is collected in three bins: Recycling, Trash, and Compost. I don’t use garbage bags to line any of them. I simply have buckets that I can take to the containers, empty, refill. You get the idea. No need to line the buckets with plastic. Some people mention that you can use plastic bags for pet litter, but actually, you can use product packaging, such as those f
