Paper or Plastic?
GP-CAN has reusable cloth bags for grocery shopping and other purposes, to help you cut down on those terrible plastic ones that litter the landscape and choke wildlife, the kind recently banned in San Francisco and soon to be elsewhere. Paper bags are also a problem requiring the cutting of trees for their manufacture. Our bags are sturdy attractive cloth ones bearing the GP-CAN logo and are a bargain $2.50 each or 5 for $10. Start now to get in the habit of using reusable bags and be ready for the day when the phrase "paper or plastic" becomes an achronism. Contact Kathy Benjamin for details and to purchase one of the few remaining "collectors items".
"I use cloth bags for everything, except as Janet said, things that go
straight into the cart. Why bag a bag of potatoes or oranges etc. I
bag my own at Shoppers and get thanks from the checkers. You can
get so you can keep up with them. I have one cloth bag that I throw
in the laundry and one mesh bag. " - Carol H.
Disposable Containers
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Dangers
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Conservation: the Quickest Route to Sustainability