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I see people bringing canvas bags to the shop, but still use the mini plastic bags for produce. Wtf? Buy some of the reusable mini bags and keep them with your canvas bags? Must save on helmets having such thick skulls.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
Years ago, i started reusing those older, heavier plastic bags, instead of getting new ones of those thin compostable bags that you usually see now.
This is 8 or 10 years ago now, i still have some of those and reuse them for my shopping now. Single use my bum!
Problem i sometimes have with buying reusables is, are we actually getting into negative waste territory when we conduct these practices. Generally reusable mesh bags will be more polluting to produce, so if they are lost, or broken sooner than they cross that threshold, the whole activity has ended up being a net negative.
You see the same issue with lots of reusable things of course, as i’m sure people are well aware of.
I do it mostly so when I get home I can add to my stash of bags for scooping doggy poop.
It seems crazy to buy a roll of brand new plastic bags for dog poo when produce bags are available, and I’m buying produce. For certain vegetables they actually store well in the bags with a tea towel thrown in, so sure a container, and mesh bag would do the same job, but then I’d also need to buy dog poo bags and that feels like a waste.
I keep the plastic packaging from the frozen Peas and the sliced bread and between that and produce bags I’ve got enough. I could buy compostable/biodegradable bags if I’m worried about waste, but I don’t have access to composting so it’s still going in landfill and it doesn’t break down properly there.