Lowell Massachusetts has historically been the scene of the textile industry in the United States. For less than $5.00 we bought a cloth Trader Joes bag, well designed in beiges and power blues and browns, with a proud MADE IN THE USA label, noting Lowell. WE WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS.
In the past we have bought at least a dozen bags for about a dollar a piece to carry our groceries out of stores. Almost all of them were made in China. Of all the bags we bough that were not cloth, the Trader Joe's bags are the ones that lasted.
We don't see the end of plastic bags, just the end of free plastic bags. We still need them for picking up doggie do do, and many other things.
We do our best to recycle and reuse things, to pick up our garbage and take it home with us when we go to the beach or visit the mountains, because we don't want to contribute to the Sea of Plastic, or allow our streets to be filled with litter.
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