{"id":968,"date":"2011-04-20T00:42:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T06:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/?p=968"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:14:09","slug":"the-t-shirt-grocery-bag-say-no-to-plastic-save-some-cash-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bluecotton.com\/blog\/video\/the-t-shirt-grocery-bag-say-no-to-plastic-save-some-cash-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The T-Shirt Grocery Bag: Say &#8220;No&#8221; to Plastic &#038; Save Some Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, as the general population has become more environmentally-conscious, many &#8220;green&#8221; habits have taken to the mainstream. One such example is the proliferation of reusable grocery bags&#8211;a simple, but effective way to reduce waste and our reliance on non-degradable plastics. Continuing our anticipation of Earth Day 2011, I&#8217;m going to show you how you can jump on the reusable bag bandwagon without having to buy any of those expensive store-branded bags sold at the store.<\/p>\n<p>As detailed in my previous post, <a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/design\/the-t-shirt-lifecycle-infographic\/\">The T-Shirt Lifecycle<\/a>, some t-shirts inevitably fall out of our rotation for one reason or another. There&#8217;s no need to throw such a shirt away! Why not use it to create reusable grocery bag?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Make a Market Bag out of T-Shirt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XIQwwHw8r5s?feature=oembed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Make a Market Bag out of T-Shirt\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XIQwwHw8r5s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more ways to recycle your old t-shirts, check out our previous post <a href=\"https:\/\/5bd4f92546.nxcli.net\/articles\/earth-day-2011-repurpose-unwanted-t-shirts\/\">Earth Day 2011: Repurpose Your T-shirts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, as the general population has become more environmentally-conscious, many &#8220;green&#8221; habits have taken to the mainstream. 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