When you leave home to go to the supermarket, take a bag that is already big enough. If you still can\’t fit into the bags you have prepared, check behind the cash register. Some retailers have hard, used boxes behind the cash register, for example, fruit boxes. Put your groceries in these and you won\’t have to spend money on plastic bags. Also, there are sometimes hard empty boxes near the shelves. Just put those in your basket and put your groceries in them. That way, when you load them into the trunk of your car, you can easily process your purchases.
Keep a foldable cloth bag in your purse for small daily purchases. They come in a wide variety of colors and designs these days, so you\’re sure to find a favorite.
Prepare cloth bags for baked goods, fruits and vegetables. However, not just any bag will do. A colorful, all-cotton one with a colorful pattern might be a good choice. However, the cashier will want to see what is in the bag, so you do not want to put the purchased baked goods on the conveyor belt or allow the cashier to touch the baked goods in the bag to see what kind of baked goods you have purchased.
Bags must be transparent. You can get curtain fabric, parachute fabric (fabric from discarded military parachutes), or nice cloth bags sewn with netting. Prepare several bags so that the bags do not get mixed up when buying different items. Perhaps two for different sizes of baked goods and two for fruits and vegetables. Figure out what types of baked goods she usually buys and adjust the size of the bags accordingly. Do not buy bags that are too small, as they will hold almost nothing. [13] You can buy organic cloth bags at health food stores. On the Internet, they can be found in organic drugstores and on websites that sell household products.