{"id":8690,"date":"2018-06-15T20:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T00:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:37:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:37:40","slug":"green-tips-2-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/green-tips-2-2-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Tips:  Bring Your Own Shopping Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\">\n<p style=\"background: #fbf0a3; text-align: center; color: #000000; line-height: 1.2; font-size: small;\"><strong>Learn to Live More Sustainably &#8211; One Step at-a-time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/reuseable-bags.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8713\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/reuseable-bags-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/reuseable-bags-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/reuseable-bags-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/reuseable-bags.png 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It may not seem like a big deal, but single-use bags have a significant, negative impact on the environment.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0these stats on what American households use every year:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>100 billion plastic bags \/year<\/li>\n<li>10 billion paper bags, created by 14 million trees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sources (<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0 6\/26\/17; <em>New York Times<\/em>,\u00a012\/3\/07 &#8220;A Bag Problem Blossoms&#8221; )<\/p>\n<p>Plastic bags are made from a non-renewable resource &#8211; oil &#8211; and only a small percentage get recycled.\u00a0 Many end up in waterways, where they clog drains, pollute, and harm wildlife.\u00a0 Paper bags are made from a renewable resource &#8211; trees &#8211; and can be recycled, but it takes a lot of water and energy (and trees!) to make them.\u00a0 And single-use bags are unnecessary if everyone brings their own bags.\u00a0 Reusable bags are available at local grocery stores, but for most of us, there&#8217;s no need to buy more bags. We already have them &#8212; and since they have their own carbon footprint, it&#8217;s important is they be used as many times as possible.\u00a0 Make it a habit after shopping to put your reusable bags back in your vehicle.\u00a0 Then you will have them for your next shopping trip!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\">\n<p>Learn more about other easy ways to live more sustainably on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/projects\/living-green\/green-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Tips &#8211; Here&#8217;s How page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Check out information about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/gogreenneedham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GO GREEN Needham campaign <\/a> and about ways that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/mygogreen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can participate<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 get started with your plan to \u201cGO GREEN\u201d!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to Live More Sustainably &#8211; One Step at-a-time It may not seem like a big deal, but single-use bags have a significant, negative impact on the environment.\u00a0 Check out\u00a0these stats on what American households use every year: 100 billion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":8713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,292],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-8690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-tips","category-reduce-reuse-recycle","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}