After reading the most recent article I came across about plastic and paper shopping bags I felt I should share this in the hope of making a difference, every bag does count!

So why not get a reusable bag or a few so you always have one close. Nowadays most places charge you at least 5 cents or more for a bag and you can buy a reusable bag for as low as 99 cents in my experience. So in the end you are not only saving the environment but also saving yourself money by using a reusable bag.

We all know these flimsy plastic bags you get everywhere while shopping are not the best and strongest bags, are damaging to our environment and a huge waste of the Earth’s resources- yet we still accept and use them everyday. These plastic bags spend hundreds of years in landfills to break down or for example end up floating in the ocean and being eaten by animals that see it as food and most of the times die. Each and every person in the world can take part in preventing this!

Most single or little items you buy don’t need a bag and are easy to carry without one. When shopping at different stores, use the first shopping bag and add all other purchases into that one bag as much as you can. Make that little effort and don’t accept any bag, paper or plastic, when you don’t need to.

Make that change for yourself and the future health of planet Earth and your own. What is keeping you from using reusable bags?

(edit: 10-02-12): Also check this very interesting website “A Bag’s Life”, it gives you the resource where to recycle / drop off plastic bags and related items in your area.