Reusable Bags: Flash in the Pan or Lasting Trend
Education consultant Johnetta Fleming searched for butternut squash with caramelized onions at a Whole Foods Market deli counter, while carrying in her shopping cart her contribution to the planet's welfare: three reusable shopping bags.
The Baldwin Hills resident keeps the bags in the trunk of her car, always ready for a jaunt to the market. She started using reusable bags regularly about 18 months ago.
"I believe in helping the environment and doing what I can," said Fleming, 61, who supervises student teachers through a Cal State Long Beach program. "And I notice how much I waste with plastic containers and things like that, so I want to do something."
Fleming is not the only one doing "something."
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