Our families often debate what to do with old plastic bags or how to break friends and families from using resealable bags (like sandwich bags) at home. Its certainly difficult - the younger generations were raised on resealable bags and therefore, don't often think of discarding them.

You already bring your own carrier bag to the farmer's market, and yet so many of us still rely on the plastic produce bags offered by the vendors. A trend in farmer's markets nationwide is to ban these bags, but if your farmer's market hasn't done so yet, here are some tips for packing your carrier bag so you won't need to use any plastic produce bags.

At ConservingNow.com we like to provide you with up to date information on plastic bags. Most of the time we gather links and information so you can explore the issue on your own time or in your own neighborhood. Every so often a story comes by that we feel is important to share the entire story with you.

Today's article from CNN is one of those stories.

Looking for an easy way* to recycle your old or used plastic bags?

These are a couple of excellent websites for locating your nearest recycling center, which in most instances will be your nearest grocery store.

http://earth911.com/
On Earth911, you can enter your state, city or zip code in order to locate your nearest recycling center.

Much of the focus of this blog has been about cities around the world. What about a city closer to home - what about closer to your home?