Greening up the produce aisle
One of the baby steps to a greener life we took last year was using our mismatched collection of cloth totes as grocery bags. No more paper or plastic for us!
I'll be honest--it took us the better part of the year to consistently remember to take the bags with us to the grocery store. But once we got into the habit, I really started noticing the other disposable packaging that was coming home with us in those cloth sacks.
Our family buys a lot of produce. Which means we bring home a ton of plastic produce bags which are thrown away only to be replaced by new ones the next week. So I went searching for a greener option and found the cloth produce bags at AMK Designs. The simple drawstring bags add next to no weight and are easy to use--easier than opening some of those clingy plastic bags, as a matter of fact.
I went with AMK Designs out of the many reusable produce bag options out there for a few reasons. The strong mesh (not tulle) fabric leaves the produce stickers nicely visible for the checkers. They're a great size (the regular is 8"x11", the extra-large 15"x13"). They come with a tiny stuff sack that clips on to a tote strap and easily holds my six regular and three extra-large produce bags. And if they get dirty, I can pop them in with the dishes and give them a quick hand wash. All around, a good green purchase at a great price.
$12 for set of six with storage bag at AMK Designs
EVERGREEN DISCOUNT! Evergreen Moms readers can get free shipping at AMK Designs through August 15! Enter "free shipping for Evergreen Moms" in the notes to seller box at checkout and your shipping costs will be refunded via PayPal.
