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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Victoria Namkung

My sewing group makes reusable produce bags - cutting back on plastic and textile waste

Composite of three images: one of hands using a sewing machine, one of a woman standing outside, and one of persimmons in a cloth bag.
Anne-Marie Bonneau, AKA the Zero-Waste Chef, at home in Sunnyvale, California. Photograph: Jenna Garrett/The Guardian

Single-use plastic bags are not only wasteful, they cause serious damage to the environment and our health. Anne-Marie Bonneau, 56, is on a mission to put more reusable produce bags into the world. With the help of her sewing bee group, who make them from upcycled fabric, they’ve given more than 4,000 bags away.

As more cities and states implement plastic bag bans, Bonneau, who is known online as the Zero-Waste Chef, is helping people in California’s Silicon Valley make the move away from single-use plastic bags and spreading joy in the process.

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