Fight the Bag Monster With… a Cuter Bag Monster?

My apologies for writing so much about product this week, but it’s been slow for news and there is just so much cuteness (not to mention good ideas) out there that I can hardly handle it.

Take this cheerful little guy, for instance. In Japan, apparently, even those who don’t use reusable bags still see fit to reuse their disposables multiple times — still not the golden ideal, of course, but still a whole lot better than most populations at large can say. So where does one store one’s stockpile of plastics? Under the sink they get balled-up, messy, and altogether unmanageable. Of course, that’s where the POLLY Dispenser comes in. Bright, convenient, and made of recycled material himself, he’s just what the doctor ordered to keep your home neat and bright.

The bag is made from recycled plastic bottles and will hold your plastic bags from the supermarket. In Japan, it is much more common to reuse the plastic bags from the stores if you do not have your own bag to bring.
It is also common to make these everyday items kawaii!

Kawaii means “cute,” if it wasn’t totally obvious by the smiling face. (I am such a sucker for Japanese cuteness.) Suction cups make him stick to your wall, making the little one not just a chipper companion, but a convenient one as well; then, when you’re done using up all the rest of your disposable bag stockpile I don’t see why he couldn’t be repurposed to dispense, say, trash bin liners or paper towels. But in the meantime, as long as you still have bags to use, you may as well have fun with it!

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 at 9:34 am and is filed under The Daily. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.