Raising Green Kids- Green Shopping Tips

Here are a couple of ways to be greener on your next trip to the market:

Buy fresh produce without the packaging.

• reuse the plastic produce bags
• buy reusable mesh bags
• or simply put produce directly into your cart
  

Avoid individually packaged items.

• instead of buying juice boxes, put juice in a reusable thermos, or stainless steel bottle for lunches
• pack your snacks and sandwiches in Kanga Sacs reusable bags
  

Opt for glass, stainless steel or paper products instead of plastic. Glass, stainless steel and paper products are more easily recycled, making them greener products. Paper bags can be reused, recycled or even composted.

Use reusable canvas shopping bags instead plastic. The average person uses roughly 300 plastic bags each year. Many of those plastic bags will end up in a landfill, taking hundreds of years to decompose. Worse yet, they could blow around creating a hazard to wildlife.

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