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, and beans and nuts can be found in bulk, so you can sidestep plastic or clamshell containers, Ozawa says. Carry purchases home in glass jars, paper bags or other containers you already have.Many dry cleaners now offer reusable bags for garments, including folded shirts. Just as the milkman used to bring milk in returnable bottles, dry cleaning can be delivered and dropped off in reusable bags.
“My husband and I started the company after we started freaking out because we couldn’t find anything in our closet, it was so full of plastic-wrapped clothes. We were drowning in plastic,” she says. This photo provided by The Green Garmento shows one of the company's Green Garmento bags; an eco-friendly 4-in-1 reusable garment /duffel/ laundry bag that can help you green your dry-cleaning routine and eliminate plastic.4. REUSE REUSABLES ... A LOT
For example, it could take as many as 1,000 uses of a travel mug to make it a total win for the environment, she says, citing an estimate by the International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services , in Quebec.
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