Little Free Bag Library

Emerald Keepers installed a Little Free Bag Library at the entrance to Boney’s Bayside Market in September 2025. Anyone who needs a bag, can take one. Emerald Keepers volunteers maintain the library’s stock of reusable shopping bags, but the program depends on community member contributions. The Bag Library is based on the concept of the Little Free Libraries seen around town.

Contributing to the Bag Library is a great way to help your neighbors, support a circular economy, reduce expenses, and cut down on waste. If you would like to contribute, Emerald Keepers requests that only durable reusable bags, such as nylon or cloth, be donated. No plastic bags. If you’ve borrowed a bag and don’t need it, please return it for others to use. 

The City of Coronado adopted a plastic ordinance on Feb. 18, 2025, that allows only paper carryout bags, which cost a minimum of 10 cents. California banned the thin, single-use plastic grocery bags in 2014.  A new stricter state law, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2026, bans all plastic bags from grocery stores, retail stores with a pharmacy, convenience stores and liquor stores.

These laws have helped and will continue to help reduce plastic pollution. The Little Free Bag Library is designed to reduce waste further and save shoppers a bit of money.

If you see any issues with the Free Little Bag Library, please contact Emerald Keepers at info@emeraldkeepers.org.