When buying grapes or fresh fruits and veggies, stare at that plastic bag thing in the store and say, “Ha ha. I don’t need you. I brought my own.”
Then take out the empty bag, (which you wisely saved from your last loaf of bread and brought with you,) and put just the amount of fruit or veggies you want in it. Voila. You saved money by not buying more than you needed, and you kept another plastic bag from fouling up our Earth home.
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