What is your opinion on these green facts?
Solar – 0k – 0k for entire house to be electrically independent
Prius – k for a 72hp compact car. Cut your mpg in 1/2 for groceries because it takes 2 trips to fit everything.
Speaking of groceries – 20% more for organic
Bamboo kitchen doors – 2 sq/ft vs. 2 sq/ft for oak
Now that’s some "green"!
Read MoreWhat do people need to do to actually "go green" and not just be a pompous trendy showoff?
What would you say a person needs to do to go green? I’m not saying I’m the greenest hippy of them all by any means, I’m probably not all that green at all, but what should a person do to actually be green vs a douche bag that carries their groceries to their giant SUV in a reuseable bag that has a corney phrase on it telling the world how green they are?
Read MoreHow does your choice of grocery bags make a difference to the environment?
I bag groceries as a job and everyday, I see how wasteful people can be when they ask us to double bag plastic, or to bag their groceries in paper and hang them in plastic. Many of them don’t realize how harmful to the environment this can be. Especially using plastic bags. Around here, you cant recycle palstic bags because they jam the recycling machines and we get shipments where entire crates of plastic bags have holes in them and we have to throw them away. I try to encourage customers to use paper as it is re-usuable, can hold more, easier on the environment, etc etc. Next week it is earth week and the store is giving out canvas bags that customers can bring back everytime they shop. Do you ever wonder how your choice of bags can make a difference? What do you think about this? Are there any other suggestions you have on how to help the environment when it comes to grocery bags?
im not saying that double bagging is bad… just the customers that request EVERY bag to be doubled even if it isnt heavy. or asking for multiple bags when there isnt the need for them. And plastic bags are handy to use for waste bins and to be reused but sadly, not many people here do reuse them. they just put them in the trash