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Janet

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> On Sat 25 Mar 2017 09:00:34a, Cheri told us...
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> > > wrote in message
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> >> I have a pile of those insulated bags for perishables and also a
> >> heap of plain canvas bags. But still I have groceries placed in
> >> plastic bags, prevents leakers from fercockting up my cloth bags,
> >> and also I use the plastic bags for used cat litter... and still
> >> I buy cartons of a thousand plastic bags for cat litter, BJs
> >> sells them a thousand for $9.99. Those plastic bags decompose
> >> rather quickly when exposed to the elements especially UV... I
> >> use several in my garden and at best they last three months in
> >> the sun.
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> > The canvas bags are easily laundered if they happen to get messy.
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> > Cheri
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> IME, after laundering canvas bags (no bleach), they become as limp as a
> rag and begin to deteriorate more quickly afterwards.

You must have some other definition of "canvas". Canvas is so tough
they use it to make sails; it takes years of wear and brine soaking
before canvas sails deteriorate.

Even cotton bags, a much lighter material than canvas, still
withstand many washings. Our cotton bags came free from the supermarket
when plastic bag charges began, to encourage customers to re-use a
sustainable bag. That was years ago and they still haven't worn out.

Janet UK