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Recycling today means much more than turning in your empty soda bottles or cans for cash. Shopping bags made of cloth are becoming the popular way to save plastic or paper bags from piling up in landfills.

Cloth bags are very convenient–they fold up nicely and many can be kept inside of one cloth bag, making it simple to take a number of them when shopping. They are usually made of canvas or nylon, which makes them lightweight but very durable for holding heavy items. That means no more worrying about the bags ripping open when they are being carried to and from your car.

Another added benefit is that if these cloth bags get dirty, they can just be tossed into the washer and made good as new. If they get wrinkled afterwards, then just press or steam them back to their original condition.

No more worries about what to do with all of those other bags that you keep forgetting to recycle. Just keep the cloth bags handy in your pantry, or even in the trunk of your car, for your next shopping trip. They are convenient, clean, and sturdier than any plastic or paper bags out there today.