June 10th, 2008
This is a tough question to crack, but one you may be wondering about if you’re considering buying some reusable bags for grocery and other shopping trips.
How many grocery bags?:
I used to have a bunch of odd shaped bags. Now I have eight that are exactly the same size; 12″ wide x 12.25″ tall […]
By Jennifer -- 2 comments
June 10th, 2008
Just checking in to see how everyone is doing with their reusable bag challenge this month.
How I’m doing:
My grand total count of plastic bags in the house this month - counting all produce bags, basic grocery bags, and bags from other stores is - 1.
I got one plastic bag. AND you won’t believe how stupid […]
By Jennifer -- 13 comments
June 8th, 2008
I’ve got some pretty cool bags today - if you happen to be looking.
ReJAVAnate reusable bags are very cool bags, with a great background story. The bags are made from burlap that’s reused from coffee sacks. Take a look:
Large Bag - ReJAVAnate Logo
Medium Bag - Customized Logos
You can also get bags with no logos […]
By Jennifer -- 0 comments
June 5th, 2008
There are oodles of icky plastic bag statistics out there. This month at Tree Hugging Family, our focus is reusable bags and our June challenge is to reduce plastic bag consumption. There are plenty of good reasons to do so.
Reusable Bags offers these (and other) facts related to plastic bags:
500 billion to 1 trillion plastic […]
By Jennifer -- 0 comments
June 4th, 2008
I previously posted about my reusable bag decision but didn’t do a review yet, because I wanted to use them for a bit first.
I ended up getting eight of the ACME Bags - Lightweight Recycled Cotton Tote with Dual Handles from reusable bags. Using one of the discount codes I posted about here, I got […]
By Jennifer -- 5 comments
June 4th, 2008
I actually never give recycled blue jeans much thought. If you’re me you recycle blue jeans like this:
Buy an old pair of bell bottoms from a thrift store, they’re already in bad shape, but hey for $3 they have a taker. Bonus you get to quit shopping.
Wear them all the flipping time.
Blue jeans get too […]
By Jennifer -- 4 comments
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