How to Fix Your Plastic Bag Woes

Weekly Shameless Promotion Series : The GreenDimes Bag Add-On

Alright, not as shameless as you think.  A GreenDimer wanted details about our bag, so here goes.   (I edited this from our manufacturers Chico-Bag's website)

THE FACTS ABOUT SINGLE-USE BAGS

* If everyone in the United States tied their annual consumption of plastic bags together in a giant chain, the chain would reach around the Earth not once, but 760 times!

* According to the American Forest and Paper Association, the U.S. alone uses 10 billion paper grocery bags, requiring 14 million trees to be cut down.

* Plastic bags don’t biodegrade, they photo-degrade—breaking down into small toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways and entering the food-chain when mistaken for zooplankton or jellyfish.

THE FACTS ABOUT THE REUSABLE GREENDIMES CHICO-BAG

Design: Designed to be unforgettable! Fits in a pocket or purse! Carabineer for your belt loop.

Material: Made of strong and durable woven nylon.

Pouch Size: Integrated Pouch measures approximately 3” by 4”.

Bag Size: The ChicoBag measures approximately 18” by 18” when un-stuffed.

Weight & Capacity: 1.5 oz, 20 Pound Capacity.

Washing: Machine washable cold, hang to dry.

Manufacturing:  ChicoBags are manufactured by a fair labor, fair wage manufacturing company in China. This allows us to make adopting a reusable bag habit affordable for the majority. Through our interactions and friendships, we believe that we are making a positive environmental and social impact in Asia.

Warranty: Each ChicoBag comes with a one year warranty from the date of purchase.

Recycling: ChicoBag has a recycling program for expired ChicoBags so you can feel good about supporting us. Expired ChicoBags will be repurposed into door mats, dog beds and prayer flags.

Reviews: 

"The ChicoBags have sold so much better than our canvas bags" -Draeger’s Supermarket

"ChicoBags are the perfect way to cut down on the wasteful use of paper and plastic. What makes them better than many other bags is their compact nature. Now, there’s no longer any excuse for not having a bag with you!"    - Ed Begley Jr., Actor and Activist

**Well, there you have it.  If Ed Begley Jr likes them, who are we to say no.  -Sanjiv

Comments

[Bag Monster]

ChicoBags?! What's wrong with single-use plastic bags and the monsters they create when they accumulate?? Bag Monsters aren't so bad, you know... we're family monsters with millions of little Bag Monster spawn to worry about. Some of us live under kitchen sinks, but most of us live in the ocean. To have a good laugh (at my expense) and learn more about bag bans world wide go to BagMonster.com. All these bag bans are because we make an expensive mess, cause "environmental damage," and because many of us are eaten by marine animals... Don't they know better than to eat Bag Monsters? With competition like ChicoBag, I don't know how long we'll last without endangered species protection. *sigh* It's tough being a Bag Monster.