Becoming a Reusable Shopping Bag Lady

For years environmentalists have been promoting reusable shopping bags to cut down on the amount of plastic bag waste generated by grocery stores. Although I loved this idea in theory, I must confess I've been a slow adopter. I found it hard to remember to take bags to the store, and often the bags were too small. Now I've found a bag that works for me, and I'm finally developing the reusable shopping bag habit. No surprise to anyone who knows me that the bag that's changed me from a wanna-be reusable bag carrier to a fairly consistent user is the jumbo bags being sold by Costco. I'm a huge Costco fan anyway, (and the fact that they're widely recognized as being such an employee-friendly, progressive company doesn't hurt.) As soon as I spotted this bag at Costco, I was pretty sure it was going to be a bag I could learn to... [read full story]