Comments on: “Reduce, Reuse” Suggestions

By: MC

MC — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:32:42 +0000

I use my own coffee mug. I drink way too much coffee, so I’m sure I reduce a ton just by using it. It saves money also since most places knock off .10 or so for using your own mug.

We use the reusable bags for groceries, too. And when we end up with plastic bags, as we invariably do sometimes, we use those for picking up after the dog instead of buying the separate bags for the leash.

I’m starting a vegetable garden with my daughter. Part of that will be doing our own compost. I’m excited about teaching her and reducing yet even more.

Our church recently did away with disposable coffee cups. Over time, so many people have left mugs (literally hundreds) that we decided to use the mugs.

We walk as much as we can when going out and going out to eat. Since we moved to Decatur our annual mileage has gone from 15,000 per year on each of two cars to 8,000 per year on each of two cars. Amazing what a difference it can make by just doing as much as you can locally.

I know we can do better. What other ideas are there?

By: decatur mom

decatur mom — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:18:54 +0000

I’m not sure why so many people have trouble with bags at YDFM. I hand my bags to a person behind the counter as soon as I walk in the store, who hands me a claim check…when I’m done, I stop by the counter, hand them my claim check, and by the time I wheel my cart around to where the bags are kept, more often than not the person who took my claim check is standing there with my bags in their hand. The drop off/pick up adds maybe thirty seconds to my shopping trip.

By: CSD Mom

CSD Mom — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:51:38 +0000

I fold them up and put them in my purse, or hide them under my sweater/jacket/shirt. I’m serious! I would stop going there (or anywhere) before I would walk out with an item in a plastic bag.

By: Len

Len — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:46:35 +0000

Sure you can. On days when they are not busy you can usually get them in without checking them if you have them in the seat of the cart. And even if you do check them it’s usually pretty fast to get them back.

YDFM is the worst for bag usage. If you don’t bring your own you wind up with on item per bag.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:10:26 +0000

Decaturites might like to know that we at Whit’s End just added a line of summer footwear made from recycled products. Very comfortable and affordable too. They are called Rafters. Come check em out!