Lynnette from Running With Scissors shows how to make a reusable shopping bag you can use to reduce the number of disposable plastic grocery bags coming into your house (and evening into a landfill). It has a flat bottom to hold bulkier items. See how those milk cartons fit so nicely? They’re quick to sew up, so you can make yourself a set of them to bring all of your groceries home in. Go to Running With Scissors for the tutorial.
[photo from Running With Scissors]
Why should you make your own shopping bags or totes? Plastic bags are from the same source as all plastic: crude oil. So what is wrong with crude oil? The manufacturing process emits considerable amounts of pollution, and the product is not biodegradable. On land, plastic bags are one of the most common types of litter worldwide. As plastic bags are lightweight and float easily, this means they can travel long distances when picked up by the wind this includes landing in the ocean. Then wildlife gets tangled or ingests the bags, both in the sea and on land. Make a difference and make your own shopping grocery bags. Have plastic bags you need to re-use? Consider making these DIY upcycled plastic bag crafts.