OK, here’s an admission – after all my preaching here about abolishing plastic bags, I originally still found myself in the supermarket without my re-usable Canvas bag – and added more plastic waste to the world!! However, now many supermarkets are not stocking bags we need to get ourselves organised. I personally have probably over 50 re-usable bags (ranging from Ikea to Carrefour to my faithful Canvas bag).
First big help is once you have emptied the shopping at home – immediately refold the bags and return to the car – ready for the next shopping trip.
Again I would arrive at the supermarket and wander in to the shop on autopilot – leaving the bags in the car. So when I reached the cashier – I’m needing to buy MORE re-usable bags. WRONG.. Now I just load all the shopping back into my trolley, wheel it to the car and sort all my shopping into my re-usables at the car. All very organised for freezer, pantry, fridge etc and no extra cost in bags – SORTED.
What happens if you only buy enough for a small basket which you can’t take to the car? Go shopping less often and buy for a month – using a trolley!!
Couldn’t be easier!!
