Switching to Reusable Shopping Bags

[Harapriya Debata]

Plastic bags and paper bags are a thing in the past. People are now moving forward with a sustainable lifestyle. They are becoming more conscious and responsible towards the environment. They are changing their habits to fit into today’s more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Using high volume of plastic on a daily basis which used to be a regular thing is now frowned upon. From separating dry and wet garbage to planting more trees, people have started taking the environmental needs very seriously. It won’t be long before the government start establishing some serious laws to protect the nature and ban the uses of plastic completely. Many people for this reason prefer reusable shopping bags instead of plastic ones.
Reusable shopping bags not benefits the environment it also benefits its users. They are much sturdier then paper or plastic bags and they could be used for years to come. Being much spacious then plastic and paper bags, reusable shopping bags could be used to hold much heavier and a lot of items. Some reusable shopping bags even make a fashion statement. Like the shopping bags from MFPA. They come in variety of colours and have a very classy look. When a person is using MFPA shopping bagsit doesn’t look like they are slugging around some heavy weight. They are very comfortable to carry. And moreover, they are very spacious and can fit all your shopping items. Not only for shopping they could be used for travelling purpose as well, to keep those extra items that did not fit in your main luggage.
Did you know it takes 1000 of years for plastics to degrade? Even if we manage to stop the usage of plastic right now, we still have to wait for another 1000 years for the plastic to decompose completely. And plastic bags are rarely recycled as it is very expensive process. Also, a huge amount of oil and natural gas goes into the production of plastic. There goes the non-renewable energy we will never see again!
We can go on stating reasons why to use reusable shopping bags rather than plastic and paper bags, A vibrant looking shopping bag that benefits in so many ways to the environment and to you! And one added benefit is you could save so much because of it as it is a one-time purchase and you don’t have to spend money on shopping bags every time you go shopping.
Sustainable lifestyle is a choice. We could carry on using plastic bags and harm the environment in the process. Burt let’s not forget it won’t be a choice for us in a few years. Our carelessness is hampering our future and the future of the generations ahead of us. We have to start being responsible before it’s too late. Let’s together take small steps to minimise the usage of plastics in our lives.
Let’s together switch to using plastic bags and go for the reusable ones because we can’t seem to find one good reason why not!