In order to plan for such yummy kind of fun, you need to go shopping. Grocery stores do well, no doubt, here in this week before the 4th of July. Think about your 4th fun prep, or even your last supermarket run. If you are like me, you came home with a bunch of bags of food and a sundry of other household goods.
Ask yourself: Are you a paper, plastic, or reusable bag kind of person?
Well, the push this week, especially Friday, July 3rd, to go plastic bag free. Grab your reusable bags and get thee to the store, loaded and ready to go shopping. Why? The reasons are numerous (many of which are detailed in the infographic below, as well over at the International Bag Free Day website. My favorite plastic bag fact happens to be that plastic bags, which take potentially 1000 years to biodegrade, have a typical life span of about 25 minutes of use--from store to door. That's a lot of lifetime of waste for the minutes of convenience they provide.For more resources, check out Plastic Bag Free's Resources.
So your challenge: can you embrace the freedom of the Fourth of July, and go plastic bag free this holiday? I think you can! So, armed with knowledge, your next stop should be your grocery store. Shop 'til you drop for your Independence Day extravaganza, bringing in your own bags, so you can come out without the additional plastic waste! Then picnic and party on in style!
For more resources as to how to have an additionally eco-friendly 4th of July, check out Sprout's 2014 post on the subject.
Images from: http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2013/12/independence-day-parade-P.jpeg; http://blog.sproutwatches.com/index.php/2014/06/how-to-have-a-eco-friendly-4th-of-july/; infographic from http://newhope360.com/blog/infographic-cost-plastic-bag; Bag Free World Logo http://www.plasticbagfreeday.org/
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