Unfortunately, the Monday Motivator is coming out on Tuesday due to the Jolly Librarian’s encounter with a nasty stomach virus last week.

The tip for this week: Choose canvas bags.

Why?

• 400 BILLION plastic bags are used every year.
• Only 5.2% of those bags are recycled.
• Plastic bags are not environmentally friendly. They take more than a 1000 years (!) to biodegrade.

So buy canvas bags to use when shopping. Keep them in the car so they’re available for that quick stop at the market on the way home. And, by the way, buy bags made from recycled materials.