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One reader asked what I do about cherry tomatoes or berries since they can get crushed in a reusable bag. I buy them at the farmer's market in the green plastic basket and then return it to the farmer each week for a refill, so I never have to take new ones. Don't have a farmers market nearby? Ask your local grocer to take them back. Or empty your berries into your own container before leaving the store and leave the plastic basket behind. If enough of us do this, perhaps merchants will take note.

Bring your own container for meat and prepared foods

I take my own containers with me to the butcher counter at Whole Foods or local butcher shop. (While the humans in our house don't each much meat, the kitties do.) The butcher can weigh the container and deduct the weight, just as is done with bulk foods. The servers at the deli/prepared foods counter can do the same thing. Just ask.

Buy fresh bread that comes in either paper bags or no bags

At the farmers market or natural food stores, I can buy bread that comes in only paper. At the bakery down the street, I can have my bread placed in my own cloth bag and avoid all packaging. Bread keeps fresh when stored in the cloth bag inside an airtight tin. I reuse a popcorn tin that was sent to me as a gift several years ago. Often, thrift stores have more of these tins than they know what to do with. Fresh bread is a bit more expensive than its plastic-packaged cousins, but to me, it's worth it. And since I buy so few new things, I can afford to spend more for quality, plastic-free food. See my post, Fresh Bread: Buy It, Store It, Keep It Fresh Without Plastic.

Choose milk in returnable glass bottles

Many areas have local dairies that provide milk in returnable glass bottles rather than plastic or plastic-coated cardboard (yes, all cardboard milk containers are coated inside and out with plastic, not wax.) In my area, I buy Straus milk, which is available in natural grocery stores. Unfortunately, the milk bottle does contain an unrecyclable plastic cap. But I would rather buy milk in a glass bottle capped with plastic than milk contained in plastic on all sides.

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One reader asked what I do about cherry tomatoes or berries since they can get crushed in a reusable bag. I buy them at the farmer's market in the green plastic basket and then return it to the farmer each week for a refill, so I never have to take new ones.

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Earth Day Activities for Kids Celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd! The Bird Feed...

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This exercise is aimed at the increasing knowledge of the students about the  ecology.