Loose Fruits

Now using my super stretchy, very sexy string bags is such an easy thing to do, I don’t really feel that this is enough. So I have decided to take on fruits and veg.
The packaging of produce is indubitably proof of a world gone mad. Last week I saw a couple of courgettes nestling on the Styrofoam tray, held in place with Clingfilm. Dear god how much wrapping does a vegetable need. I see no need for my cucumber to come in a condom. I don’t thinks its healthy for spuds to sweat away in sealed sack.
One easy way to reduce this consumption to avoid plastic wrapped produce and buy only what is sold loose.

However that still leaves the problem of the fresh fruits and loose produce being bundled into those flimsy little plastic sacks.
The solution - buy reusable produce sacks - thin cotton bags that you use over again for loose produce.

I have been using mine for a while now for produce and bread. - in supermarkets and local shops. Sadly I had to buy them from America as I have yet to find a UK supplier.

I bought mine from http://www.reusablebags.com who have a great website filled with scary plastic facts.

Scariest of all is the bag counter showing the numbers of bags used this year. When I started writing this paragraph the number stood at 15,827,065,075.
Its now 15,851,787,777 - and I’m not that slow a typist