Easy Shopping Tips
Source: Mississippi State Cooperative Extension
  1. Avoid single-serving packages.

  2. Avoid packages containing several individually wrapped items.

  3. Buy eggs in cardboard cartons, never polystyrene.

  4. Buy loose rather than prepackaged produce.

  5. Buy concentrated products when possible.

  6. Avoid single use, nonrefillable and disposable products, such as paper towels, throw-away cameras and disposable razors respectively.

  7. Ask clerks not to bag purchases of only a few, easily carried items.

  8. Think before you buy. Do you really need the item? Can you make do with what you already have on hand?

  9. When asked whether you want paper or plastic bags, select the type you are more likely to reuse for other purposes, such as trash can liners, newspaper recycling or future shopping.

  10. Avoid plastic packaging when there are affordable alternatives.


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