I’m hoping to have a ChicoBag review up soon, but what about you?
Have you tried a ChicoBag or two? We’d love to hear what you thought.
Plus, see if you’re addicted to single-use bags. Check out the Plastic Bag Self-Test by ChicoBag.
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Remembering to take your own bag to the store is one thing, but being too shy to do it is another.
One of the options in this month’s poll on why you don’t take your own bags is “I’m too shy to ask clerks to use them.”
While that option has only received one vote so far, I’m convinced there are many people out there who just don’t want to ask clerks or baggers to do something out of the ordinary. You hopefully have the facts on why taking your bags is a good idea, but now is time for some …read more

Plastic bags don’t biodegrade. But something must happen to them. They don’t disappear just because you throw them away.
In landfills, plastic bags take up to 1,000 years to break down.
As litter exposed to sunlight, plastic bags photodegrade, breaking down into small, toxic pieces. Those pieces pollute our land, lakes, rivers and oceans. Plastic bits look like food to marine life. Look at the jellyfish photo to the right. Can’t you see a turtle mistaking a plastic bag for a jellyfish?
When fish eat plastic pieces, that not only hurts them, but it can hurt you if it enters the food chain. …read more