The plastic sea

[Musikat75]

You don't find it gets too stinky?

[missymoo84]

I use calico bags for shopping. Most I brought at the fruit and vegie market near my house cos I don't like the Coles/Woolworths ones and thought I would support local. I do shop using plastic bags every now and then and use the bags for rubbish. Probably not the best idea but at least I am reusing them.
As for the f&v plastic I put all the f&v in the calico bag while I shop then pop it all on the counter at the checkout. So it isn't rolling around the trolley, yes it is loose in the bag but really it's proabably not much hassle to the checkout people to grab them in handfuls. As a rule though I tend to only buy something I need then and there from the supermarket and shop at the f&v shed but I do the same thing

[Musikat75]

on the subject of fruit and veg bags to make . . .

Make your own onestringbag - Instructables - DIY, How To, craft, food - The Instructables Book Contest Entry

looks pretty easy.

cheers
Kat

[KristyMum]

You don't find it gets too stinky?

well, not really and if it does it needs a wash. No stinkier than when a plastic bag liner might get a hole and all the smelly runnies go to the bottom of the bin etc and it gets emptied every second day or so...

[Hippy Chick]

OMG it saw so sad I cried my eyes out

We don't use a bin liner we put a newspaper in the bottom of the kitchen bin. We generally don't put yuk things in the bin (compost of worm farm where possible), and when DH empty the bin, the paper goes into the compost or worm farm or sometimes in the big bin too.

I do wrap some yuk things in paper and bin them. At least the papers accelerates the breakdown process!

[MichelleP]

There was a story earlier in the year about the sea of plastic soup in the pacific ocean Floating rubbish dump 'bigger than US' | NEWS.com.au. while what we do on land of course does have a big impact sea vessels a big part of the problem routinely dumping their refuse.

When shopping we try as much as we can to remember the reusable bags and not use plastic ones. For our fruit and veg we use Onya Bags Home. For our kitchen waste we do have biodegradable liners but also just line with newspaper sometimes as well then you just empty it all in the rubbish and rinse the bin.