100% COTTON CANVAS SHOPPING BAGS
The bags have an endorsement from Environment Canada to assure environmentally safe standards are met. The bags are rigorously tested for durability and strength.

Dimensions: 41 cm x 38 cm
(65 cm double band handle).

Shipping time: within 3 to 9 business days.

Cost: $4.99 + Shipping.

The Power Of A Little Canvas Shopping Bag

Could there be a more compelling symbol of our throwaway society than a plastic bag, trapped and flapping on a suburban hedge? Even when disposed of properly, it is likely to end up in a landfill site, where it will take hundreds of years to decompose, slowly emitting harmful carbon dioxide.

On a brighter note there is a simple and proven solution to this environmental blight. Ireland imposed a modest plastic bag tax back in 2002, which has reduced their use by 90 per cent. The bad news is that, despite the fact that plastic bag pollution is every bit as bad as it used to be around the globe, governments are reluctant to follow Dublin's example.

Yet something is stirring at a grass-roots level in this country and abroad, without regulations put in place by the government. Many citizens around the western world have imposed their own voluntary ban. And the heads politicians turn, as they are starting to realize the environmental effects of wasteful policies.

Many people are not aware of the hidden costs of producing and cleaning up plastic bags, catching in trees, blocking sewer grates and ending up in the stomach of an animal that subsequently died from eating a plastic bag. Read full article...