How do you remember to bring your own grocery bag?

Going green is a term we will have to get used to. It is becoming part of our every day life.

Last June, the government banned the use of free plastic grocery bags from retailers. When shopping you must now pay 5c for each bag. It must be working because I see a lot of people with their own reusable bags at the grocery store. Not for the 5 cents, but probably out of guilt. We all want a healthier planet don’t we?

For me it has been quite difficult to remember to bring them every time I do my grocery shopping. Human beings are habitual by nature so you would think this would be an easy task but habits can take a lifetime to develop.

I have found one easy solution that has worked for me. I’m finally in the habit of BYOB bring-your-own-bag.

I list this as the first thing on my grocery list. It’s worked for me!

My Shopping list

Bring Bags
Milk
Eggs
Butter
bring the bags
Yogurt
Ice Cream
Bring the bags
… and so on

The image is from one of my commercial photography assignments of a few years ago.