Reusable vs. Plastic Bags
Being ambivalent is not my favorite way to be, but the latest news about using reusable bags is leaving me in a quandary. It seems as we all to strive to make efforts to “go-green” and lessen our footprint we are confronted with issues that we didn’t see coming.
The article “Reusable Bags–Recycling Infection” particularly details the dilemma we are now facing. I for one have been using and reusing my reusable bags for all of my shopping. I had not even given the slightest consideration to the fact that I have put a huge array of items in them. They come with me to Wal-Mart, Home Depot and any other place I shop. Of course, in keeping plastic down to a minimum, I put my fruits and vegetables directly in the bags. Each item I have put in those bags was touched by how many people? The last thing I actually want to know is what is festering in the bags! My first thought in reading the article was that I would just run the bags through the wash, but the line in the article stating that “organic deposits are not simple to remove,” made me wonder how effective that would be. Now I am left indecisive as to use or not use reusable bags.
As I struggle for a solution I wonder, why not let those people, that came up with a half-baked answer to our shopping bag issue, use the bacteria and yeast ridden reusable bags while we all carry our items in our arms!
