Switch plastic bags for re-usable ones and take one with you everywhere.
One of the main aims of this blog, and my real life too, is to focus on ways to be a little greener and treat the planet a little better. Personally I've found that the easiest way to do this is to give up on single use plastic bags and instead have a healthy selection of bags for life and canvas bags.
In Scotland (and also Wales and Northern Ireland I think) it is the law for companies and businesses to charge 5p per bag. I work in a clothes store, and it is incredible how much difference that 5p makes. The law came into effect last October, and although it left me (and every other retail worker in the country) dealing with many a disgruntled customer at first, I very rarely have hassle anymore.
And I can see the difference it makes, the moment you mention the 5p. People stop and think. It's such an insignificant amount of money, especially to someone spending at least £5+ on clothes and yet almost everyone changes their mind and finds a space for their purchase in heir handbag or another shopping bag.
Some statistics I've read, say that plastic bag usage went down by as much as 90% in one month, and there's no doubt that millions less bags have been used. That's millions of bags that won't end up in landfills (or floating about our countryside, trapping and killing our wildlife) and that's pretty great.
Reusable bags are available pretty much everywhere, they cost just a couple pounds and last for a very, very long time. Plus they're larger and easier to carry than all those crappy plastic ones. Easy.
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