Mine was a cotton canvas from my scrap bag ... When I made my first plastic grocery bag holder, I didn’t do this. I trimmed off my elastic nice and neat and thought everything was fine.

The folks at Savvy Housekeeping have a number of other ways to store plastic grocery bags so they're available when you need them (I'm a fan of this old IKEA bag holder that fits under the sink ...

Society6 Canvas Tote Bags Swapping plastic grocery bags out for a reusable canvas option is a simple way to lessen your environmental impact, and maybe even save some money doing it — stores ...

Many businesses have stopped offering plastic sacks, or provide them for a modest but punitive price. Bag-recycling programs have been introduced nationwide. But canvas bags might actually be ...

The bag bans, which are usually justified on environmental grounds, are increasingly popular around the nation and usually incentivize shoppers to replace plastic with reusable canvas or nylon totes.

with reusable bags having a much higher carbon footprint than thin plastic bags. According to one eye-popping estimate, a cotton bag should be used at least 7,100 times to make it a truly ...