Green Options

I have quite a few reusable shopping bags that I drag with me to the grocery store…none of them are very stylish though. They are all the canvas style bags made for grocery shopping, not the trendiest things but they work and they are better than bringing home fifty plastic bags that I do not need or want. But I recently found a great company that makes stylish, fun and eco-friendly shopping bags…Bring It In A Bag.

Westport, Connecticut, recently joined a small but growing number of communities to ban the use of free plastic shopping bags within its borders. The new ordinance, which goes into effect early next year, would impose a $150 fine on any store that offers such bags.

WestportNow.com reports that citizens attending the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) vote on the ban overwhelmingly supported the measure. The RTM eventually voted 26 to 5 (with one abstention) in favor of the ordinance, and also rejected a proposal that would have made the ban effective only through Sept. 19 of next year.