I was thinking about buying a reusable bag for shopping. But then I think how am I going to dispose the trash, if I don’t have plastic bags from shopping? Buy more plastic bags? It’s like an unbreakable circle. Any alternatives?
Use one of thoose tote bags and bring that into the store instead of having to use the plastic bags.
If you live in a rural area, you can compost a lot of your trash. Coffee grounds, vege/fruit scraps, non-ink paper, non-meat food stuffs. You can recycle plastic, metal, carboard and glass. This will leave very little in your trash can and reduce the amount of trash bags you use. When we go to wal-mart (yeah, I know) I ask the clerk for a few extra bags and use them in my kitchen trash. I got some good heavy fabric from wal-mart for $1.00 a yard and made 10 shopping bads. I keep a few in the car for when I go to a store other than the supermarket.
Hello, I also was looking into a way to reduce my use of plastic bags. I am including a link below that has 100% biodegradeable garbage bags. The site also has other green products for your home I think you will enjoy. The benefit of these bags is that they will not decompose untill exposed to the elements so they are safe and sanitary to use in your home for trash, and when they are thrown in a dump/landfill they immediately start to break down naturally and dont add to plastic waste.
