A Few of My Favorite Things: Eco-friendly Shopping Bags
A recent purchase I’m totally jazzed about got me thinking that a “favorite things” series might be fun. In addition to my new purchase, I thought of several other things to blog about. Which to start with? A re-tweet on Twitter helped me decide …
I’ve sort of known plastic bags aren’t good, but didn’t have any specifics. Today @SBlanquera posted a link outlining the dangers. It’s very enlightening and disturbing, particularly the image of a bird that became entangled and died, likely because it couldn’t fly to catch food.
Working at SeaWorld, I saw the horrible damage things like discarded fishing line and plastic rings on sodas cause (seriously, please take the time to cut those up … it was heartbreaking to see turtles and manatees with things we thoughtlessly discard embedded in the flesh around their necks or cutting off the circulation to one of their limbs).
When it comes to bags, I found this great black nylon bag on an NYC trip. I bought four more at http://www.reusablebags.com/. They are perfect because they don’t take up much space, are made well and aren’t branded so I feel like I can use them anywhere. I also personally love that they’re black because they’re low key and more chic than some of the other bags I’ve seen.