You aren’t offered many choices when shopping anywhere in the world. Mostly you can choose between plastic or paper bags, but both greatly degrade the ecosystem.
Plastic bags have been found undamaged floating on the surface of the oceans. Plastic takes centuries to degrade into smaller parts, but even then, microplastics poison our food, increasing the risk of many diseases.
According to NASA,
paper bags aren’t more efficient either since they are made of freshly chopped jungle trees or recycled wood, which takes too much energy to produce.
Now that you know the negative stuff about our shopping habits, let’s see how eco-friendly bags can change the world for the better. Here’s why reusable bags are viable and good for us: