Sentences with phrase «paper bag instead»

As it is I try and not order more food than I can eat and try and ask for foil or just a paper bag instead of plastic or styrofoam containers so it should be easy to transition to my own container.

Q: What can you say about tiny efforts to protect the environment such as opting for paper bags instead of plastic bags?

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Maybe it's making for «no straw» in your drink when you go out, bringing your own bags to the grocery store, getting coffee or a smoothie in your own cup / jar, bringing your own silverware when you're out and about, switching from paper to cloth napkins, buying bread from a local bakery or making it yourself instead of buying in plastic, switching to a menstrual cup or washable cloth pads instead of disposable, there's so many different ways to produce less waste.

I had these paper bags, which some of the kids decorated at the party, and some took home to decorate, and put a dried fruit snack in (instead of sweets or chocolate), a small pack of coloured modelling clay and a wildlife colouring book, bubbles were meant to go in but were forgotten in the chaos.

You can sprinkle it over the top, like I did, or you can toss them in a paper bag with some powdered sugar instead.

Instead of using a plate and a nice table napkin, I decided to rip open a small brown paper bag and used it to hold the panini and chips.

It's a small step, but as we've switched to cloth grocery bags, rags instead of paper towels, buying water to refilling our Siggs, etc., I've learned that every change matters.

I'll start packing a cloth napkin instead of grabbing a paper towel at lunch time, and I'll skip disposables like sandwich bags in favor of reusable containers!

I am trying to give up paper towels, paper napkins and use my cloth bags instead of plastic grocery bags.

We already cloth diaper, use cloth napkins, reserve paper towels for jobs like wrapping fresh herbs, use glass storage containers (all the better for re-heating in the oven instead of the microwave), and use reusable grocery bags!

We already do a few things like using dishcloths instead of paper towel, coolers instead of lunch bags and placemats instead of paper towels for quick meals in which I don't have to have to deal with dishes.

... or instead of buying all of these new items, use items you already have around the house — old purses (for girls), tupperware, visit second - hand stores for cloth napkins... it's hard to get excited about «be a green parent» articles, blog entries, and websites that just tell us to go buy something b / c it is green... even the Waste Free Lunch website tries to sell us on how much less it costs to pack a lunch, saying that cloth napkins, lunch bag, reusable containers and thermoses don't cost anything while tabulating the cost of paper / disposable versions... but there is an initial layout, so that argument doesn't hold my attention.

When we have to shop we take our own cloth bags to the market instead of using «paper or plastic» from the store.

use disposable plastic pastry bags instead of the paper kind, if you do nt mind paying the money for them.

Instead of buying pack after pack of brown paper lunch bags, consider a reusable lunch bag for back to school.

You could easily use the same technique to make homemade gift wrap by printing onto a roll of brown paper instead of brown paper bags.

Instead, pop them in a paper bag, which will speed up the process.

This year we are still using brown paper bags but I wrap things in plastic wrap instead of baggies.

Instead, put tomatoes in a sealed paper bag with or without ethylene - producing fruit such as bananas.

Cloth diapers, napkins, wash cloths instead of paper towels in most cases, cloth baby wipes, reusable grocery bags.

Let us all recycle, bring our own reusable bags to the market, use rags instead of paper towels, and pick up trash on the beach.

Instead of hanging the typical garland, go for a more natural look by crafting a strand of bay leaves made from paper bags and wire.

I also wish they'd kept the paper tabs closing the bags instead of going to the clear closures they use now.

Ditch niceties such as plates and instead you eat off brown paper table clothes and bread is delivered in brown paper bags.

Back then we reported that first class passengers were passing up their plated lunches and instead asking for the cheeseburger served in a brown paper bag from the back of the plane.

A few years ago, someone gave us the idea to start an organization that makes reusable shopping bags and gives them away for free to people who take a pledge to use them instead of paper or plastic.

Line your garbage bins with paper bags or biodegradable trash bags instead of buying plastic trash bags.

Instead, bring your own bags for purchases of groceries and any other purchases, such as department or local convenience store... In a pinch, use paper versus plastic.