Many stores are offering an assortment of Earth-friendly bags!

The Ventura Conty Star recently reported that many stores are now offering an assortment of earthly friendly bags and carryalls.

When Whole Foods Market announced that it planned to stop using disposable plastic grocery sacks at all 270-plus locations by Earth Day this year, the response was not as unanimously glowing as you might expect in this brave new green world.

According to a story in USA Today, one Whole Foods customer in Austin complained that the store was depriving him of the plastic bags he uses to take out the garbage.

Have no fear, Mr. Texas: As the clock ticks down to April 22, many Whole Foods locations are selling their leftover plastic-sack stock to patrons, at $20.33 per case of 500. But also available (and stacked at least 7 feet high at the store in Thousand Oaks) is an assortment of more Earth-friendly bags — each bearing the Whole Foods label, of course. They range from $1.99 wine carriers made of nonwoven polypropylene to $24 organic-cotton tote bags sewn in Peru.

And that’s not the end of the reusable-bag revolution, as demonstrated by the assortment of sizes, shapes and materials shown here.

The bag: Available in red, black and navy nylon, the Bring Your Own Reusable Bags bag features a drawstring top to keep groceries and other goodies from escaping. It measures about 16 by 16 inches.

The back story: The made-in-America bag was designed by Venturan Mary Diamond in an effort to help “stop the madness of disposable plastic bags.” She plans to sell her bags Saturday during the Earth Day Festival in Oxnard.

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