Avoiding Plastic When Grocery Shopping

Ten years ago, in our local grocery store in Wakefield, Quebec, you would rarely see someone bring their own reusable bags. Now you rarely see someone NOT bringing reusable bags. It took some time, but the new habit has started to take hold and what was once perceived as normal behavior has completely reversed. The same applies to many other little habits you might want to start integrating into your daily routine. It’s the example that you set for others that creates change in your community and beyond.

Read Avoiding Plastic When Grocery Shopping by Chantal Plamondon and Jay Sinha at Mother Earth News.