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Reusable Bag Feature Round Up

by Jennifer on June 30th, 2008

Our month-long June theme was the hefty topic of reusable shopping bags. We blogged and blogged bags, and yet there’s so much more we could have blogged. Bags are a big deal. We’ll likely revisit this feature at some point. If you missed any bag goodness, here’s a round-up of all things reusable bags…

The BYOB challenge:

• The challenge kicks off
• First BYOB challenge update
• BYOB Challenge Update!!!
• CHANGE: A Summer Surprise Contest
• Reusable Bag Challenge Update - How Did Your Entire Month Go?

Reusable bag basics and overcoming issues:

• How Many Reusable Bags Do You Need?
• Overcoming Reusable Bag Shyness
• Pros and Cons of String Market Bags
• Reusable Bags & The Self Checkout
• Reusable Bags for Bulk Food Items
• Reusable Bags & Reusable Storage Options for Bulk Food Items
• Polite Ways to Suggest Reusable Bag Use

Get your own bag:

• Reusable Bags with a Message
• My Dream Bag - Haiku Ultimate Messenger/Diaper Bag
• ReJAVAnate Reusable Bags
• Organic Cotton FEED 100 Bags
• The Absolute Last Word in Cute Reusable Totes
• Creative Ways to Score Your Bags
• Flip & Tumble Bag: A Bright Idea
• Make Your Own Long Shopping Bag
• Green Product Review: My New Bags
• My Reusable Bags Review: Organic Cotton Eco-Bags
• What’s Your Favorite Reusable Bag?
• Have You Tried a ChicoBag?
• Review: ChicoBags, a Fun Solution
• Fun Angry Girl Reusable Bags
• Make Your Own Oilcloth Bags
• CarryEco Bags Now Available in the US
• Dream Bag Line Up
• Inexpensive Reusable Grocery Bags
• Olive Smart Reusable Grocery Bags

The why of reusable bags vs. disposable:

• Plastic Bags - Facts & Figures
• Paper Bags Aren’t the Solution
• 17 Ways to Purge Those Plastic Bags
• Where do Unwanted, Unrecycled Plastic Bags Go?
• More Ideas On Recycling Plastic Bags

Bags for kids!:

• Craft Project: Altered Reusable Bag for Kids
• Kids, Design a Trick-or-Treat Bag for ChicoBag!

Other reusable bag ideas:

• A Different Sort of Bag — for Leaves!
• Baskets Instead of Bags?
• Eco Patches for Your Bags
• And the big fat anti tree hugging award of the week goes to…
• Plastic Bags Around Delivered Newspapers

Holy smokes - now that’s a lot of bags. Can you imagine if I went through and found all the bag posts we’ve ever done since this blog started? Wow. I’ll most likely be adding this round-up to the sidebar pages, so later you can find these posts again if you like.

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