Canvas Shopping Bags for December’s Environment

Very Evolved
#1. January 14th, 2009, at 4:13 AM.

Big fan of the canvas grocery bag. I believe that a lot of those polypropylene woven bags are actually made out of recycled plastic (often shopping bags), hence using them is recycling something is going to be around for century’s anyway.

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#2. January 14th, 2009, at 6:10 AM.

I agree with your points plastic bags should be barn.I think you have a good awareness about the usage of plastic bags so you find another bag easy to reuse. I thank you for sharing your information with us.

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#3. January 14th, 2009, at 10:21 AM.

I don’t actually, but I’m thinking it’s really time that I start. It’s just one of those things where you can do something good for the environment, where there’s hardly any inconvenience to you at all.

Nicole Price
#4. January 14th, 2009, at 4:12 PM.

You bet. There are exceptions though. When I have to shop unexpectedly and have not gone prepared, I am constrained to use what the stores give. I try and keep this to the bare minimum though.

Wayne
#6. January 14th, 2009, at 6:41 PM.

They need to start making those out of hemp!

JC
#8. January 15th, 2009, at 4:24 AM.

yeah the canvas bag idea is great, esp. with cities like SF and Seattle banning the plastic. Though the economy is so bad right now nobody is needing many bags to carry purchases… It’s probably good though to end much of America’s mindless consumption.

Goran
#9. January 15th, 2009, at 11:31 AM.

Shopping bags are usually seen as the most insignificant part of shopping but have much greater influence on our environment. Most people haven’t thought about how dangerous some shopping bags are to the planet, they add to polution. I think these environmental friendly bags are the way to go. Plus they’re re-useable. Awesome!

Allan McDougall
#11. January 15th, 2009, at 4:51 PM.

I just recently found out that you can recycle plastic shopping bags. Don’t worry, I wasn’t throwing them out; but I was storing them under my kitchen sink. It was pretty full when I finally recycled them. Not sure about the US, but in Canada, some grocery chains have you buy the bags when you want to use their plastic shopping bags. Otherwise you bring your own (plastic or canvas). It’s an iniative meant to curb plastic bag waster.

Nice post.

Allan McDougall
#13. January 15th, 2009, at 6:57 PM.

LOL. Dope!

I’ve definitely never trashed them, so I feel good about that.

Allan McDougall
#14. January 15th, 2009, at 6:58 PM.

Maybe I’ll use one of these suggestions as my act of green for

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BIOPLAST
#15. January 16th, 2009, at 4:27 AM.

Now there is a solution and much better alternative to levying, recycling and reusable canvas grocery bags for those who forgets their canvas bag at home or in the car which is called “Bioplast Biodegradable Plastics.”

Bioplast is a manufacturing company of BIOPLAST Branded Biodegradable Garbage Bags and Fridge Bags for the household markets and for the industry as well as Biodegradable Carrier Bags and Vegy Bags for the retail sector using their own patented unique formula of bacteria enzyme base substrate as against starch base as used by other manufacturers world over.

Starch is not as strong or durable as polymer (plastic) bags and has a cost addition of 300%-400%. Also starch based products can comprise of genetically modified crops (GM Crops) which contains PLA the substitutes can increase emissions of greenhouse gases on landfill sites and releases Methane which is 23 times more damaging than the C02 that Al and Goreites have demonized and cannot be recycled in Britain. See The Guardian reported on Saturday on “Corn starch based material can damage the environment”;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/26/waste.pollution
Bioplast is the only Biodegradable technology in the world using bacteria enzyme base substrate which is 100% biodegradable within 6 months after disposal as per ASTM-D 5988-1996 and EN 13432:2000/ISO 14855 standards with the lowest cost addition.

Bioplast biodegradable products are also compostable and hence enhancing the nutritive value of the remaining soil. All the ingredients of Bioplast biodegradable plastic products are food grade and non-toxic in nature therefore suitable to be in contact with food products.

Now the local and central Governments must ban all non-biodegradable plastic bags and force all the retailers to use ONLY Bioplast 100% Biodegradable bags in their stores as an alternative to reusable canvas bags which will be the evidence of their sincere concern for the environment and their commitment to tackling the considerable problem of plastic bag waste and the pollution.

“What will you tell your children? Were you part of the Problem or part of the Solution?”

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#16. January 17th, 2009, at 12:32 PM.

Good to see some bloggers aiming to raise awareness about environmental topics

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#17. January 18th, 2009, at 11:38 AM.

I would add to the above that supermarkets should take it on themselves to offer a “canvas” type derivative bag as an alternative at the tills.

Having used canvas myself for ages now in my work, I know how durable it can be and I suspect the first store to offer these bags to customers as standard practice will gain alot more in publicity than it costs to have them produced.

Time for these profits to be put to some use, not just linings for pockets!

Dale
#18. January 20th, 2009, at 6:55 PM.

I applaud folks for going “all-in”: not only consuming zero plastic bags, but selecting their reusable bags based on whether they use renewable resources.

Try as I might, canvas didn’t do it for me. They were too bulky and got left in the trunk all too often. They got damp and smelly. So I broke down and got some nylon ones. They’re really tough, and dry right away ( BreezyBags are the ones I found, but there are many out there). The nylon bags squish down small enough to be anywhere (I can take two or three an put them in my jeans pocket). So although I don’t applaud the use of nylon, these bags will displace a heck of a lot of plastic bags.

Yes, it’s possible to recycle plastic bags but depending on who you ask, it might be cheaper to work with virgin material (ie recycling actually costs more). Now if you use them for kitty litter and stuff like that, and you’re not buying a bag to do that same job, it’s BETTER than taking it back to the store for recycling!

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#19. January 21st, 2009, at 4:27 PM.

I am a big fan of products that can be recycled. I think the world should generally move away from products that depend on oil and try and save the environment

Jordans
#20. January 22nd, 2009, at 4:31 AM.

I need to get one for my girlfriend. She limits the amount of bags i use when I go shopping with her.

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#21. January 27th, 2009, at 4:40 AM.

I think it is very nice idea for save our environment and it is fantastic that my bags are canvas grocery bag. All country should generally move away to save the environment.

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#22. January 29th, 2009, at 5:07 AM.

Here in India plastic bags is really a big problem. Some of the states which depend solely on tourism have banned to usage of plastic bags. People are working hard to find a solution to this. Using plastic waste in road construction is one good solution with practical success.

Dawn
#23. January 30th, 2009, at 6:24 AM.

I use canvas grocery bags and always have them in my purse. Not just for groceries, but even for small items at a drug store. They’re a great alternative to help the future!

ExistentialDuck
#24. February 1st, 2009, at 11:46 PM.

Although I support the environment and banning plastic bags is an important step to cleaning up our cities, I’m still upset that I’m going to have to actually buy trash bags now instead of re-using my grocery ones…=(

Diety
#25. February 4th, 2009, at 2:32 PM.

Canvas shopping bags have become a common sight in my neck of the woods. I’m not that big on ecology (not that I don’t care, I just rarely think about it.) so what convinced me was the practical aspect. Every time I came back from the store I had to do something with the old plastic bags. They were still ok so I felt it would be a waste to throw them out … So now I’m stuck with several hundreds of plastic bags . Any ideas as to what I can do with them ?
With a canvas bag at least I always remember to take it with me, so my “collection” of plastic ones hasn’t increased in size lately

Tony
#26. February 8th, 2009, at 3:19 PM.

You can keep your plastic bags and use them for random things, like placing stuff to give away. Or you can use them as trash bags for smaller trash cans.

Cathy
#27. February 10th, 2009, at 3:22 PM.

There are some grocery shops here that actually SELL their plastic bags at a relatively unreasonable price – which means that you either have to bring your own (thus, recycling one) or buy one, which I think most people wouldn’t do at the price of the plastic bag. Good thinking for the environment, eh?

Lulu
#28. May 3rd, 2009, at 11:14 PM.

I love ‘em! Ive even started printing my own.

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#29. June 17th, 2009, at 6:40 AM.

Canvas arrived today and its amazing. Its exactly what I wanted and its excellent quality bags and finish. I will be ordering more bags soon.Thank you so much!!

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#30. December 18th, 2009, at 5:02 PM.

Any bag that is reusable over a long period of time, and is made of some sort of natural fibers is better than a plastic bag at this point. I have actually been noticing that many of the major chain stores are offering their own branded reusable bags these days. Many of these bags are made of 100% recycled materials. It’s a step in the right direction.

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#31. February 19th, 2010, at 3:01 PM.

Interesting blog post, I haven’t thought of using canvas grocery bag yet, but now I definitely will. They look cute and spacious, and that’s rather important for me.

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#32. February 19th, 2010, at 10:49 PM.

I use canvas grocery bags and always have them in my purse. Not just for groceries, but even for small items at a drug store.

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#33. May 25th, 2010, at 2:27 PM.

It’s time we all acted a little more responsibly and completely banish plastic carrier bags. Canvas bags are a great alternative.