Crochet Market Bag

PRICE: $20

Crocheted with cotton string.

Interesting Facts:

1. Canadians use 9-15 billion plastic shopping bags each year.

2. Just 8.7 plastic shopping bags contain enough embodied petroleum energy to drive a car 1 km.


3. The average plastic bag is used for five minutes to carry your purchases home, yet these single use plastic bags can take up to 1000 years to break down.

4. Plastic shopping bags have been banned in Mumbai, India, and in Bangladesh after they were blamed for clogging drains and sewers, leading to severe floods that killed over 1000 people in 2005.

5. A sturdy, reusable bag will last for years, and only needs to be used 5 times to have a lower environmental impact. Buy a bag today!