Reusable Tote Bags: Bacteria Ridden or Safe to Use?

Reusable tote bags are all the rage – besides specialty grocers and farmers’ markets offering them, mainstream grocery stores sell them, too. Whenever a new item increases in popularity, you are likely to hear negativity from the folks who aren’t cashing in, and reusable tote bags are no exception.
Before reusable tote bags became a viable [...]

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Nine Reasons Your Logo Belongs On a Reusable Bag

Reusable bags have become nearly universal at the grocery store, but have you considered putting your organization’s logo on a reusable bag? These bags are becoming the trendiest movement in brand promotion as people turn away from disposable paper or plastic bags.
The Napa Valley CanDo group reports that Napa County, California disposes of 68 million [...]

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Why Customized Imprinted Bags Are Better Than “Paper or Plastic”

In the 1980s and 1990s, baggers at grocery stores offered shoppers a choice between “paper or plastic,” but now in the new century, this practice has become as rare as full-service gas stations largely because the majority of people choose plastic. However, one elegant solution is to pull out your own customized imprinted bags made [...]

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Cities Look to Stimulate Eco-Consumerism and Eco-Friendly Purchases through New Eco-Product Driven Websites

For many of those in the United States aware of the burgeoning need to safeguard the environment, it comes as no surprise that the city of San Francisco is leading the charge of eco-consumerism. Whether it’s shopping for an eco-friendly detergent or an eco-product like reusable bags, the city of San Francisco can help you [...]

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Actually Use Those Reusable Bags

You’ve been here before. You are standing in the checkout line with a cart loaded with groceries, absentmindedly eyeing the magazines on display and wondering who actually believes that a half man half alligator lives in Florida, when suddenly you glance down at the reusable bags for sale at the end of the aisle. Your [...]

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California Supreme Court Debates Plastic Versus Paper

You hear this question every time you go to the grocery store. “Paper or plastic?” In an interval of about two seconds you get to decide whether you will do something that is better for the environment or not.
The California Supreme Court is also debating the issue, as they decide whether communities should be allowed [...]

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The “Green” Grocery Bag is the now the Standard

Somehow this bag is now considered the standard for grocery stores and virtually every other type of retail store. Now that’s not to say every other store has this style bag because that’s not true and probably never will be. However the bar has been set high by the grocery stores for carrying these Grocery [...]

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