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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Tips to reduce plastic bag consumption
I was going to add this to the previous post, but it made the post waayy too long.
Learn Tips to Reduce Plastic Bag Consumption
- Start using your own reusable bags. They are stylish and earth friendly! If you don't have one or you need more, check out our store for bags that match your lifestyle and daily needs.
- Have plastic bags at home? Reuse or recycle them! You can:
- use them as garbage bag liners
- take them to your local park or dog park and donate them
- return them to your grocery store for recycling
- be creative and think of new ways ? be sure to share your new tips in our Community Change blog
Please be sure to check out our plastic bag recycler ? which makes recycling your bags easy to do!
- Find and shop at stores that offer a cash credit for bringing your own bags. Look at our Community Change section to find a list of stores in your area. If there are no stores in your community that offer cash credits, our community page provides ideas as to how you can ask your local stores to offer their customers credits.
- Tell your friends and family about our ConservingNow.com, about your pledge and your commitment to reduce plastic bag consumption. They might be inspired to make the change themselves! Click on our "Email this page" link to spread the word, and to let everyone you know about the actions you are taking to help our environment.
- Count how many plastic bags are brought into your household during one week. When we see the waste for ourselves and know how using reusable bags can make a difference in just one household, we can feel good about the impact we're making. Visit our Teaching Our Children section for more tips and information to make the choice as a family to reduce plastic bag consumption.
- Spread the word by refusing to accept plastic bags from cashiers and store owners. It only takes a second to refuse a plastic bag, and to politely remind the cashier (and anyone else in line) that plastic bags are bad for the environment.
- Consider bringing your own produce bags in addition to your shopping bags.
- Be creative and think of more tips and spread the word on our Community Change page!
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Re: Tips to reduce plastic bag consumption
I once had a grocery bagger toss my reuseable bags aside and start bagging in plastic. I saw him pick up my bags but then I turned to pay attention to the cashier. The next time I looked at the bagger, there were two plastic bages full of groceries and my bags were laying on the side. WTF. Once I pointed it out, he took everything out of the plastic bags and crumpled the bags up. I took them on the way out and deposited them in the store's own bag recycling bin. I didn't trust that they wouldn't wind up in the trash if I left them at the register. I wish I could just bag my own groceries.
Next month I finally get to get rid of all plastic bags. My city is going to start accepting all plastics for recycling in curbside bins. The only ones we have left are the ones that come with the newspaper.
This is why I insist on bagging. I just tell the bagger to help someone else.
The self checkout at some stores, do not have paper bags stocked at all. If I dont have my canvas bags with me, I just load everytyhing back into the basket and load it into the car from there.
Also at the drug store, just tuck the item in your purse or hand carry it. Most people only buy a few small items anyway.
I use reusable bags 90+% of the time and have done for a good ten years, and I still never reach the bottom of the stash of plastic. Combine the occasional forgetful trip, when they give me two or more bags per item purchased (seriously, the other day I was given a single canister of instant oats in TWO bags), with using random non-recyclable packaging for trash and it's an inexhaustable supply.