Saturday October 31, 2009, 8:10 pm
I personal have made my own bags with a thin fabric mesh called- tule-. I made the bag and then took some string and threaded it through the top so they close tight. We have got to get rid of the plastic bags.

Sunday November 1, 2009, 6:49 am
Thannnxxx in Africa our local people make mats out of them... I guess we need to be more creative and less forgetful and buy hessian bags

Sunday November 1, 2009, 7:15 am
We have reusable bags in all sizes. I just saw a story about a smart young lady who made bags out of her tank tops by sewing the bottom shut - instant handles! I don't use the plastic bags in the produce aisle any more - no matter who gets impatient behind me. I do try to be considerate of others always, but when it's my turn, I'm not willing to use plastic so they can be in a hurry.
It's great that many stores here pay me a nickle for each bag of my own I bring in, and I hope more stores do it and maybe even start to charge customers for new bags. Thanks Daphna!

Sunday November 1, 2009, 2:33 pm
A big hallelujah and amen to that Miss Daphne...we do indeed need to get rid of not only plastic bags, but plastic in general...it's everywhere plying its negative impact onto the environment. Taking a long while to biodegrade or degrade in general, plastics are found in fish gullets, other wildlife mire and entangle in it and there is a humongous island composed mostly of plastic refuse and rubbish floating around in the Pacific.

Also, when it does finally begin the degrading process, harmful chemical additives such as phthalate derivitives are the first to dissociate and are biologically harmful.

Miss Daphne, I'm all for those tote bags you threaded...

Sunday November 1, 2009, 11:38 pm
Not only do I take the reusable bags into the stores, any stores, but we reuse the water bottles we by for a certain amount of time then pur them in the recyclying can for pick up every week. As of today there will be a depositon water bottles now too. So there shouldn't be as many water bottles tossed out anymore. We also get a few cents back on the bags of your that you use.

Lync