Keaghank

Wonderful - I'm a young person... but I get it.

Also - so what about plastic bags? I use the ones from the store (which are usually made out of recycled plastic) and use them as garbage bags!

virtualbernie

Me too!

ptquilts

I get 3 cents back for each bag I reuse, so you bet I am bringing my own. I don't buy meat so they stay clean.

mltquilt

That was a very rude sales clerk. I would not have been so polite.

mltquilt

dakotamaid

Oh so true!! Even now when I recycle and reuse my grand nephews and nieces think I'm too "fussy"!! I'm printing this post out and giving it to them.:):)

craftybear

thanks

rutthy

Loved this article ,every word very true, we just didn't think about it as it was and still is natural for us still to do a lot of these things.

Stitchit123

Dad saved coffee cans and used them to repair mufflers and rust holes on the car.Our cloths made the rounds -a month before school started all the Aunts got together to swap hand-me-downs Our fruits and veggies were grown and canned at home in re-usable jars.If you didn't have enough canvas bags for your groceries you used paper bags which became book covers,wrapping paper,and all kinds of art work.The only battery operated things were the car and flashlights.Everything we ate was home made from scratch -no boxes or pouches.Done dishes by hand and our laundry was washed in a wringer washer.The only electric being used between 9pm and 6am was the fridge. And we were a 1 car family,We had a 5gal metal garbage can that was taken to the dump once a month.The foot print we left as a generation is less than minimal

dixiebelle162002

How very true!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Kitsie

yes, the stuff packaged and shipped to us in many cases is "back" to us because we shop the raw product overseas to be finished and then complain about people having no jobs!!