Sentences with phrase «use reusable shopping bags»

* I use reusable shopping bags.

Shoppers will now have to use reusable shopping bags or pay 5 cents for a thicker, reusable plastic bag or a paper bag with handles.

It is important to use reusable shopping bags, 81 percent said, yet only 33 percent do.

Choose to use reusable shopping bags and recycle the plastic ones that you already have.

I use reusable shopping bags.

We've already switched to cloth napkins, never use paper plates, only use reusable water bottles (Sigg, Foogo, & Camelbak), and always use reusable shopping bags.

Using reusable shopping bags or covering your bowls with a large plate or reusable covers instead of cling wrap are small ways to continue toward minimizing consumption.

Do your part for the environment by using reusable shopping bags.

Our hope is that by seeing him at The Shops at North Bridge, Chicagoans and tourists alike will think twice about single - use plastics and take simple actions like using a reusable shopping bag at a store or carrying a refillable water bottle whenever possible.»

Using a reusable shopping bag is the least we can do for the environment.

I've started using cloth diapers, washing out ziploc baggies and using reusable shopping bags.

Not exact matches

Just as Torontonians were getting used to shelling out 5 cents for plastic bags, Mayor Rob Ford — possibly angered by having to carry so many nickels and unwilling to suffer the indignity of paying for a reusable shopping bag — put forth a motion to do away with the city's plastic - bag fee as of July 1.

I also use reusable cotton shopping bags whenever I can...;)

I have also bought probably 10 of the reusable shopping bags, and really need to work on remembering to use them.

Start small and set a goal for your family to make one positive change a month, whether it is changing your light bulbs to cfls, kicking the plastic water bottle for a reusable water bottle and filter, start recycling, or start using reusable bags when you go shopping.

We use cloth napkins, kitchen towels in place of paper towels, reusable shopping bags and we use recycled bags and paper in our business!

Melissa said: «For creative storage solutions, I use plastic baskets and tubs, and reusable shopping bags to organize our closet.

We recycle, use reusable bags and shop local as much as we can.

And unlike using old bread bags or shopping bags, these are reusable and sustainable — ideal for the cloth diapering parent!

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Using compact florescent bulbs, compostable bubble wrap, vegetable cellulose bags, and reusable cloth bags when shopping.

One, we already talked about in the last segment is kind of reducing your impact on the environment by using a reusable product versus the single use and you see that all over the place with reusable shopping bags and reusable water bottles.

New York City had planned to institute a fee on plastic bags to encourage the use of reusable shopping bags.

The Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who voted in favor of the bill, was asked at a news conference before the vote was taken if she used reusable bags when she went shopping.

Employees use their own reusable shopping bags to buy local, seasonal ingredients to be fashioned into staples like curries and soups.

Sailor Stripe Reusable Market Tote — It's super cute and can be used as a beach bag, grocery bag or shopping tote.

The pop - up shop, Package Free, will live in Williamsburg from May 1 to July, stocking eco-friendly alternatives to any single - use item you can think of: reusable tote bags, compostable toothbrushes, refillable dental floss, natural beauty products in bulk, even skateboards made from ocean plastic.

For every reusable bag you use when you shop, Target will reward you with a 5 - cent discount, which can add up to some nice savings over time if you're a Target fanatic.

If there is no reusable bag in the room please ask our staff or use one of your own bags when out shopping.

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.

Of course this is not going to single handedly solve the worlds plastic bag problem, nor are we saying it is totally sustainable jewelery, (gold is also used), but this jewellery does give rise to alternative and thoughtful uses for discarded plastics.The recent backlash against plastic shopping bags in Australia has been written about here before, there are a few alternatives that have been trialled such as the potato starch bag, reusable woven bags and banning plastic bags altogether, but using plastic bags persists, which leaves the dilemma of what to do with them.

Rick Holt, also at GMU, is committed to using alternative modes of transport to get to work (in lieu of driving alone), teleworking once a week, powering down the office, collecting rain water, gardening, using reusable mugs and bringing his own bags when shopping - and skipping bottled water!

I outfitted each vehicle with reusable shopping bags and use them all the time.

These «frightfully» exciting reusable bags feature a fun Halloween - image on one side and the Surfrider Foundation logo on the other, and can be used for Trick - or - Treating, grocery shopping or picking up trash at a «One Foot At A Time» cleanup.

You can reduce your waste with a few easy actions including recycling, using reusable cups and shopping bags, reducing the amount of bottled water you drink, and composting.

There is an enormous possibility for reducing paper use simply by replacing facial tissues, paper napkins, disposable diapers, and paper shopping bags with reusable cloth alternatives.»

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Kitzhaber and Hayes have pledged to use only reusable shopping bags, water bottles and coffee cups during the challenge.

She uses reusable bags and jars for shopping, buying most food in bulk.

They fit in the back of the car well but you could also use collapsible totes, laundry baskets, empty ice cream containers or reusable shopping bags to keep everything corralled.

We're using the reusable shopping totes instead of plastic bags, recycling aluminum cans, turning lights off when we leave the room, unplugging appliances we aren't using, using flourescent light bulbs and teaching our 4 year old about recycling.

We also use the reusable bags, got an extra recycle bin, buy furniture exclusively from local resale and antique shops and paint or recover to suit our needs, use all green cleaning products, and we limit the amount of conventional toys that we bring into our house (opting instead for repurposed household items that entertain just as well).

I used them to make my own reusable shopping bags (there are a lot of free patterns online.

Several things we do: - green shopping bags - recycling - shorten showers - stopped using the bathroom heater - check packaging to make sure it is reusable and / or recyclable - stopped having phone books delivered - started using all paperless billing, whenever possible - turning off lights and using the LED lightbulbs everywhere in the house - compost pile - our first garden this year - my 6 year old told me the other day that she is going to recycle her room... I asked her to explain and she said she is going to recycle it into a castle!

I use and LOVE reusable shopping bags.