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No, we’re not promoting having “sticky fingers” while shopping. This reusable shopping bag is for the environmentally conscience who want to say no to landfill-clogging plastic shopping bags.

Learn more at New York First

Smart shoppers are beginning to turn their noses up at plastic bags and are in turn bringing their own reusable cloth bag. While the logo “shoplifter” is supposed to refer to the lift one gets from shopping I imagine you might get some curious looks from store staff while browsing. J But pay no attention, you’re there to shop and do it in an eco-friendly way. So fill up your reusable shopping bag and if you come across an item that’s too big to fit in your shopping bag just ask the nice security guard who’s been following you to carry it to the cashier counter for you.

“In a confluence of politics, eco-consciousness, fashion and global commerce, yet another “green” notion appears poised for mainstream consideration: the bring-your-own shopping bag. Until recently, those sturdy cloth totes that are common in Europe were mostly confined in this country to farmer’s markets and health food co-ops.

Part of the impetus is environmental. Among the ecologically minded, the paper-or-plastic question is an evergreen dilemma. Paper bags mean dead trees and paper-factory pollution, but most plastic bags are derived from petroleum and create litter that clogs landfills and takes as long as a thousand years to decompose.”

See it at New York First