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Memory joggersStart making a habit of carrying a small canvas bag around with you – you can get ones that fold up very neatly – for any odds and ends you can’t squeeze into your main bag.Here are some handy ways to remind yourself:º Hang multiple bags on hooks in your entrance way, enough for everyone to grab one when they leave the house.º Hang a bag - or a reminder sign - on the doorknob.º Put a reminder sign on the back of the door you usually leave by.º Put several in your car in a prominent spot so you don’t leave the car without one.º Put your car keys in a bag so you don’t leave home without one.º Buy a couple of bags that fold up small and keep them in your handbag or backpack.º Make sure you return bags to their storage spot when you have emptied them of shopping items.º Keep a couple in your workplace, such as in a desk drawer, for lunchtime shopping trips.
The birth of the bagIn 1965, Swedish company Celloplast introduced the plastic bag to the world. It revolutionised the shopping experience: stronger than paper, waterproof, reusable and cheaper for businesses to provide to shoppers. Fantastic, right? Having gone viral, like many viruses, it began to lose its appeal by the 1980s as concerns were raised about the damage discarded plastic bags were doing to ecosystems everywhere.
Making spaceJoining the Ban the Bag army means finding space to store alternatives. Packs of paper bags store flat in a drawer and there are many plastic alternatives that fold up into nothing for handbags and glove boxes.Take the opportunity to display bags loud and proud on hooks in your entry or kitchen, making them a decorative statement that you are waging war against single-use plastic. Canvas, straw, calico and string bags have a naturally lovely look, while sturdy bright plastics add a dash of colour.
Making spaceJoining the Ban the Bag army means finding space to store alternatives. Packs of paper bags store flat in a drawer and there are many plastic alternatives that fold up into nothing for handbags and glove boxes.Take the opportunity to display bags loud and proud on hooks in your entry or kitchen, making them a decorative statement that you are waging war against single-use plastic. Canvas, straw, calico and string bags have a naturally lovely look, while sturdy bright plastics add a dash of colour.
Getting in the habit
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