Green Options

In grocery stores all over the world, you'll find all types of people bringing their own reusable bags. Canvas bags printed with company names are the most common, but are there other options? Started in Australia by husband-and-wife team Belinda and Mark David-Tooze, Envirosax offer lightweight, compact, durable totes with unique, expressive designs. "Envirosax believes in environmental sustainability. Plastic bags clog drains and cause flooding. They pollute rivers and streams, killing

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With the weather warming up, folks are flocking outside and picnickers abound. But where there's a picnic there's usually overflowing garbage cans.

When taking your picnic to the park or the beach try to reduce the amount of waste you leave there.

Paper or plastic? Ug. Hopefully by now everyone knows that the right option really isn't in the question. What we hope everyone will consider is BYOBing it - Bring Your Own Bag.

It's March 2, and just sixty-one days into 2007, Reusablebags.com estimates that over 82.7 billion bags have been used so far this year. Other countries are doing better than the US on this, with several large chains in Europe and Asia now charging

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