Archive for April, 2011
Those are Recyclable Grocery Bags Too
1 comment so farIn the movement to get plastic bags off the streets and out of the landfills, the replacement item has come to be known as a reusable bag. Sometimes at the checkout counter when everything’s moving quickly it becomes one word: reusablebag. But those checkers say everything in a hurry. What we’re discussing here is the [...]
Customize your Reusable Bags
No commentsBy now you’ve noticed that every store offering reusable shopping bags (and that’s most markets) have a line of custom bags imprinted with their logo, or a message, or just an attractive image of something you’d rather be doing like sailing or cycling. As reusable bags have become more popular they have also become a [...]
Some Grocers Redesigning Reusable Bag Promotions
No commentsWhen reusable bags became a national movement, of sorts, it was an unusual marriage of advocates – store owners who use plastic bags by the billions were in most respects willing to cooperate with the effort to get throwaway plastic bags and other containers out of the waste stream. National grocery chains in many cases [...]
