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a portable confession of everything you couldn't resist on the way out.
means A flexible carrier of paper, plastic, or cloth, designed to hold and transport purchased goods.
from A plain compound of "shop" and "bag," both old English-rooted words doing exactly what they say. "Shop" comes from a word meaning a booth or shed where goods were sold; "bag" is of uncertain origin, possibly Norse. The pairing is modern and unglamorous, born of commerce — but the now-iconic disposable plastic version is a 20th-century invention, patented in the 1960s by a Swedish engineer who never imagined it would outlive us all.
- plastic age
- Modern plastic bag invented by a Swede in 1965
- reusable trap
- Cotton totes need 7,000 uses to beat plastic
- paper myth
- Paper bags often pollute more to produce
- design genius
- Flat-bottom paper bag patented by a woman, 1871
birkin bag — hermès leather handbag that costs $10,000-$30,000 and has a multi-year waiting list
paper bags act — california law passed in 2014 banning single-use plastic shopping bags
tote bag — canvas reusable shopping bag popularized by department stores like moma in the 1980s