No More Plastic Grocery Bags
Bellingham ’s ban on non-reusable plastic grocery bags begins today. Paper grocery bags are available at the check-out counter, but they cost 5 cents each. We have a variety of reusable grocery bags that we’ve collected over the past few years, but I, for one, am not in the regular habit of using them. I’m not opposed to reusable bags. I’m just not good at remembering to take them back out to the car. And I’m especially bad at remembering to take them with me into the store. Also, there have been numerous incidents of food-borne illness associated with reusable grocery bags, but I would guess this would only be a problem if the bags aren’t washed between uses. Unfortunately, not all of our bags are machine washable. This lovely reusable shopping tote probably wouldn’t do well in the washing machine, so it will only be used for non-food items. Fortunately, we have several bags that hold up well with regular machine washing and drying, like this one from Target. This ty