LAist: LAist Rants: Not Getting Green Fast Enough

green la girl

Tue, 09 May 2006 12:12:55 -0800

Anna of Bring Your Own has lots of resources on her site -- And she's a Santa Monica girl :) Since moving to Santa Monica, I bike to the grocery store with a backpack :)

robin

Mon, 08 May 2006 13:30:40 -0800

You can use any good-sized canvas bags you might have around the house, like the kind you get at PR events or even an old backpack. If you're kinda lazy, you can try reusing plastic bags you still have, just keeping a couple in the car with you so you don't forget. I have an old canvas bag I bought at Albertsons which is actually less sturdy than one my sister gave me from a teaching conference. I always enter the raffle at Trader Joe's but have yet to win!

Josh

Mon, 08 May 2006 12:40:57 -0800

If you bring your own paper bags back to Trader Joe's, they enter you in a little $25 raffle. I have successfully done this once. Not won, entered.

Amy

Mon, 08 May 2006 11:10:12 -0800

I've been using my own bags for a while now. It took me a while to first realize they didn't have to match and just had to have good handles ;) I even spent $3 and got a freezer bag at Trader Joes to keep those cold thins cold. The upside (other than the environment for me is that, 1. I always have extra bags in my car 2. I don't accidently forget bags of groceries in my back seat 3. I can go out for coffee/ lunch/ walk on the beach on the way home and my frozeb stuff doesn't melt 4. since my bags are "real" they don't break on me from the car to the kitchen like they used too 5. I don't have all those plastic bags creeping out at me from under the kitchen sink anymore :) Keepin' it GREEN in LA :)

AP

Mon, 08 May 2006 09:29:58 -0800

But then what would my dog poop in?

Zach

Mon, 08 May 2006 01:29:18 -0800

Exactly Questioner. The next challenge is that.

Questioner

Sun, 07 May 2006 23:15:23 -0800

Well, you're halfway there. Now figure out a way to go grocery shopping without your car and you can really call yourself green...

eecue

Sun, 07 May 2006 22:13:15 -0800

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