Yep, I use supermarket bags, why shouldn't I - I've paid 10p for each one! Waitrose now, after years++ of my nagging
, put whole paper bags for bread etc.. Which I put onto our home compost. Many 'plastic' bags can be composted, including most of those around magazines, made of starch apparently. Waitrose have local green discs to put into charities promoted by locals. I rarely need to buy another bag for Life these days.
I won't stop using supermarkets nor will I stop bulk buying at cash and carry. Our local shop doesn't have everything that I need although they do a Very Good Job. Farm shops - my nearest is an 8-mile round trip: on a bike with spuds, I think not
. When I was young everything was delivered weekly by van: bread, fish, veg., meat and milk from the float every morning. Sat. we went to the main town 7 miles away to stock up on clothing, meat, veg from the local stalls. My Grandad was a baker who delivered every day after baking the bread.
I was warned that the 'method' way wasn't safe
Cucumbers keep better when wrapped in plastic, it was shown on a programme recently. Can't remember the reasons, you're listening to a menopausal woman here
and quite honestly, I won't be here by the end of the Century ;-).