Reuse those Veggie Bags

When you use those small plastic bags for your loose vegetables, why not keep the bags for your next trip to the supermarket? I tried this yesterday and it did the job just fine. Huge quantities of these bags get used every single day across the country and I'm sure I've gone through my fair share over the years. I actually used to tie the bags shut and then just tear it open which was pretty bad thinking about it. If you do that then the bag is useless and has to be binned. However if you just do a soft knot you can re-open the bag and save it.

So next time you go and buy some loose vegetables, keep the bags for your next food trip and you'll reduce the number of plastic bags you use.

Loose Mushrooms

No not those kind of mushrooms. This one crossed my mind the other day at the supermarket. I was picking up a box of mushrooms when it occured to me what I was getting. About 10-15 mushrooms in a plastic box wrapped in shrink wrap plastic. Now thats quite a bit of plastic. I put the box down and instead grabbed a paper bag and put about the same amount of mushrooms into that. Being a paper bag this would be easier to recycle and take up less space in the bin as it would just fold up. Plus as long as its kept dry the bag could be used again. So by choosing paper bag of mushrooms instead of a plastic box of mushrooms, one will reduce the need and perhaps demand for this packaging method.

Thinking about it one could also do the same for buying other loose vegetables. Not sure if the check out staff would be happy about it but what can they do? Probably worth a shot! And maybe it might encourage supermarkets to make some changes...