Cloth Produce Bags
We have gotten into a good habit and use our reusable bags www.1bagatatime.com at the store every single time now! The bags from there (unlike our mish-mash of tote bags) really work well for us (and the baggers) since they are so much like paper bags and stand on their own. We literally get asked where we got them EVERY time.
Anyhow, now that it's such a habit... we'd like to start using cloth produce bags, as well.
http://www.reusablebags.com/store/ecobags®-reusable-organic-cotton-produce-sacks-p-747.html
We are heavy fresh produce consumers... imagine the entire cart being full of fruit and veg and then a couple of soy milks and some frozen boca burgers. (That's probably you too though, huh? :D) We feel more guilty about using plastic produce bags than we ever did about plastic grocery bags (which all get recycled but at least the gorcery bags were getting reused a bit first... not used for 1 hour max like the produce bags! >:()
My problem is this:
From this thread I know that the tare weight of the cloth bags is slightly more than a regular bag. http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15781.0
But, the cashiers do not weigh my produce.... at our grocery store you weigh your own in the produce section and print and stick a price sticker on. There is no way (that I can figure out) to 'tare' the cloth bag since the tare is preset and there is a line of people waiting behind you to weigh their items. Do I just forget it and weigh it heavy? :(
The other issue is we buy so MUCH produce I would have to get at least 15 bags I think, which would be expensive!
Any ideas? Should I make my own bags??
Of course, use a bag, I do too, but they were talking about individual bags for produce (one for the apples, one for the avocados, one for the onions...). I use a bag or a backpack, I just think the trend to buy a bag to replace the plastic bags is silly when we all (I don't think it's just me) have lots of bags already, and really don't need to put produce in it's own bag. My only exception is my husband's bloody meat. That NEEDS a bag. But then it gets recycled.
Instead of going out and buying clothe grocery bags, I also like to make my own.
I have used old tshirts and a blue jean tanks dress. They would have ended up as scraps in my sewing pile anyway since many were stained, I wouldn't think those could be donated.
The dress makes a good bag for heavier groceries, such as canned goods since the fabric does not stretch.
I do not bother with produce bags myself, never have...too bothersome.
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