Reusable Bags Help Save Our Natural Resources
Shopping bags are the fashion trend right now and you see many beautiful handcrafted ones at the holiday fairs. If you have missed the craft fair there is another option for finding great reusable bags where you can pick out your favorite logo, size, style and color. These bags also make a great gift idea for those hard to buy for friends who have everything. The stores have been letting us know that they will soon quit furnishing free bags with our purchases. In the United States alone it takes 12 million barrels of oil to produce the plastic bags. Most end up in the landfill to take years to decompose and some blow into surrounding areas to contaminate the soil and endanger the wildlife.
For those of you who are aware of the paper overload we receive in the mail and want to help eliminate this problem there are many things we can do. Take you name off mailing lists and do your bill payments online. Buy products with less paper packaging. Then you can let people know you are going your part by buying seed paper products to pass the word. These products are great and you will love the variety that is offered. You can send out greeting and holiday cards that are sprout-able with flower seeds. So instead of ending in the trash, they are planted to give you flowers later and the paper becomes mulch. This is truly a great gift that keeps on giving.
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