Green Options » reusable totes http://greenoptions.com/tag/reusable-totes Posts tagged 'reusable totes' Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en News Flash: It’s Not an Eco-Friendly Reusable Bag if You Don’t Use It http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/07/news-flash-its-not-an-eco-friendly-reusable-bag-if-you-dont-use-it/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/07/news-flash-its-not-an-eco-friendly-reusable-bag-if-you-dont-use-it/#comments Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:49:16 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/10/07/news-flash-its-not-an-eco-friendly-reusable-bag-if-you-dont-use-it/ Hansan at Wikimedia Commons, public domain.)Can you shop at any large retailer today without seeing a display of reusable shopping bags for sale at the checkout aisle? Seems like a good thing, right? Buy a cloth tote and prevent a lot of one-use plastic bags from entering the landfills.

But the thought occurred to me recently that it might not be a good thing if lots and lots of people are buying reusable bags but not reusing them. Apparently, I’m not the only one who’s started worrying about that.

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