Evil Old Bags

The time has come to deal with the plastic "free" carrier bag surely the most evil of all old bags.

To quote ...
Introduced just over 25 years ago, plastic bag consumption rate is now estimated at well over 500,000,000,000 (that’s 500 billion) plastic bags annually, or almost 1 million per minute. Eight billion plastic bags are handed out in the UK each year – or over 134 for every one of us. Once brought into existence single-use bags accumulate and persist on our planet for up to 1,000 years. Only 1 in 200 plastic bags in the UK are recycled. Dioxins are produced when plastics are incinerated. Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistake them for food. Each high quality reusable bag you use has the potential to eliminate an average of 1,000 plastic bags over its lifetime. Taken from http://www.organic-ally.co/ Organic ally sell a number of reusable products including string bags with long or short handles.

The short handles are great for supermarket runs, the long handled bags can be hung off your shoulder for more leisurely shopping - I don’t like them as much as the short.

All roll up really small so can easily be carried in your day bag in case shopping impulse strikes.

Bought in bulk i.e. numbers of 5 they are cheap - from around £4.00 a bag inc vat and shipping. You can mix and match bulk orders so you have a combination of short and long handled bags. If that wasn’t enough, the bags are fair trade and made from organic cotton.

I have been using my bags for a while now and they are fantastic. The amount you can get in each bag is immense. Even better the soft cotton handles don’t cut into your hands the way that plastic handles do.