Furoshiki for today - grocery wrap

I had to stop off at the supermarket for a few groceries today and so out came my trusty furoshiki (I think the checkout lady thought it was a little strange!), on piled the groceries, two opposite corners were knotted together, then the other two and, voila, a grocery wrap!

And look how much I managed to fit into it (the crisps are not all for me ... )

20 minutes!?

I've just read an amazing statistic that disposable bags from shopping centres are used for an average of only 20 minutes before being thrown away! Can that be right? It sounds shockingly short. Whatever the exact number, opting for reusable bags for our shopping is an easy action that can have a big impact on waste and is one of the top tips recommended as part of this week's snappily entitled European Week of Waste Reduction. As they say, not only do disposable bags become waste very quickly, but if not disposed of carefully they can pollute the countryside and the sea. Plastic bags that end up in the sea can kill sea turtles, dolphins or sharks who confuse them with jellyfish and swallow them.

There are more tips on waste reduction on the EWWR site and little reminder of how to create a very quick and simple grocery wrap here.