Plastic out. Organic cotton in.

Earth Day might have already passed but that doesn't mean that I'm through with celebrating. This year for Earth Day I made a goal to cut down on my plastic consumption. I already own 4 or 5 reusable shopping bags and use tupperware to store food whenever I can. But I still had a problem with wasting plastic bags every time I buy fruits and veggies.

SOLUTION: Reusable produce bags.

I was able to convince Erin and Libby over at Yaybia (which wasn't too hard) to teamed up on an order of reusable produce bags from reusablebags.com. They had two different styles to chose from--see-thru and non-see-thru. And they also come in two different sizes--small (for things like peppers, tomatoes, onions) and large (for apples, oranges, lettuce).

I decided to experiment by ordering a few of each. The first thing I noticed when they arrived was that the small size for the non-see-thru was a lot smaller than the small see-thru. But I am happy with the different sizes because there is no sense wasting a bunch of space for a single green pepper.

After a week or so of using them, I've concluded that I like the feel and ease of use of the see-thru bags much better, but i know there will be times when the other ones will be handier.

I highly recommend these bags to anyone who is wanting to go green. Heck, even if you aren't into the whole "going green" thing I still think that you should get them. They are SOOO much nicer and easier to use than plastic bags. Plus, you look cool using them. Who doesn't want to look cool when they are grocery shopping?!