January 2, 2008
Go Green with Minusbags
Have you become more aware of the impact of your choices on our environment and our future? Are you always striving to be a bit more responsible with your choices to try to limit that impact? I have made a few changes, and one of the ones that I have been fairly consistent about doing is bringing my own bags to the grocery store.
I was so pleased to receive the peach bag from minusbags. This bag is a sturdy 100% cotton twill. The unstructured design helps it hold larger or bulkier items (unlike the squarish brown paper bag reproductions that I’ve purchased from my grocery store). Another plus from the minusbag is that they are sturdier and prettier, carrying fruit and vegetable designs instead of a store logo. One day I was almost accosted by a store clerk, becaus
e in addition to the two bags from her store, I was using one bag from a different store. That won’t happen with minusbags.
I also enjoy using my bag for trips to the library. They carry my heavy books much better than a cheap plastic bag. And, as the minusbags site informs: plastic bags are bad news:
According to the EPA, more than 380 billion plastic bags are used in the U.S. annually — and an estimated 100 billion are thrown away each year. Most clog landfills, but many end up snagged on trees and fences as an ugly reminder of our disposable society. And most plastic grocery bags are not biodegradable. They actually break down into smaller and smaller toxic particles that pollute our oceans, rivers, lakes and soil. Every year, thousands of animals, particularly marine mammals, choke to death after mistaking discar
ded plastic bags for food.
Try less plastic and more pretty with minusbags. One reader will win three minusbags. If you’d like to win, please leave a comment on this post, and check out the New Habits in the New Year guidelines at this main post.
Come back on January 9 to see if you have won. Please be sure that the email address that you provide is one that you check regularly, and also check your spam folder when the winners are announced if you see your name.
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834 Comments on Go Green with Minusbags »
#1 - Charlsie @ 12:15 am
Count me in!
#2 - Stacey Moore @ 12:16 am
LOve to win these!!
Thanks
#3 - Adventures In Babywearing @ 12:18 am
Oh, this is TOTALLY me! Would love to win. Oh, and my birthday is the 8th… hint hint!
Steph
#4 - Angela @ 12:18 am
Oh we love reusable bags. one day I’ll get around to making my own but as of today that day is no where in sight!
#5 - Bridget Dell @ 12:21 am
These would be great. Choose me!!
#6 - stacey @ 12:26 am
those bags are so so cute! i would love to win!
#7 - scott @ 12:27 am
count me in
#8 - Sue @ 12:33 am
These bags will be great. Unfortunately all three that I have are already in use. Would love some more. Just started my blog and your button is my first.
Thanks.
#9 - Stephanie @ 12:34 am
I would love to win these! Happy New Year!
#10 - Deb - Mom of 3 Girls @ 12:45 am
What a wonderful way to start shopping ‘green’ for the New Year!
#11 - ~Lana B.~ @ 12:50 am
O count me in!!! I’ve resolved to help my family live a greener lifestyle. This would be a great example for my kids!!! These bags are ADORABLE!
Thanks so much!
~Lana B.~
#12 - Celeste @ 12:54 am
Fabulous idea–and fabulous designs too!
#13 - Catherine @ 12:55 am
That is such a great idea! I always have TONS of grocery bags piling up that I have to bring back to the store for recycling. These bags are super cute and eco-friendly, and I’d LOVE to have some! I’ve never seen anyone at the grocery store with a bag like this. Maybe I’ll start a *green* trend in good ol’ Jersey.
#14 - Maria @ 12:58 am
would love to win these!
#15 - a happier girl @ 1:09 am
I could totally use these!
#16 - robin @ 1:13 am
Oh these are nice! Count me in please! Thanks!
#17 - Robin @ 1:14 am
Please enter me.
#18 - jenna @ 1:15 am
I am in!
#19 - Gretchen @ 1:19 am
love these!! Now I’ll just have to remember to bring them in from the car when I go shopping!!
#20 - Shana @ 1:37 am
I’d love to have these. Count me in!
#21 - Q&Q @ 1:38 am
I have tons of reusable bags. Being from the library community we were forever receiving them for one thing or another. I also have one from our local library, several from my favorite grocery store and even some from our warehouse store. Great idea. I place them by the door to remind me to leave them in the car after emptying.
#22 - Krista @ 1:43 am
Awesome! I’m all for saving the environment and while I do reuse some of my plastic bags, the number I get - and sometimes the double bagging - drives me crazy! Thankfully we do have recycling here, but still!
#23 - Stacey@Look, Mom, Look! @ 1:54 am
These look really cute! I love a cute reusable shopping bag!
#24 - Noreen @ 2:35 am
I could really use these bags!!
#25 - Katherine @ 2:37 am
Put my name in the hat!
:)Kat
#26 - Michelle @ 2:55 am
Oh those are pretty! I’ve been developing the bring-my-own-bag habit as well, but always underestimate how many bags I will need. The more, the merrier–for I shall fill them all!
#27 - kailani @ 2:57 am
This would be a great bag for when the kids go to Grandmas. Thank you!
#28 - jen @ 3:21 am
count me in please
#29 - cheri @ 3:22 am
Please enter me in too!
#30 - Shama-Lama Mama @ 3:33 am
Oooh, I NEED some shopping bags! Count me in! I love the designs on these…
#31 - ELLIE @ 3:50 am
what a great give away….perfect for that grocery shopping….I am getting so tired of plastic!!
Count me in!!!
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#33 - Shawna @ 4:53 am
Sounds like a good give away - would be perfect for my costco trips - no more cardboard boxes either!!!
#34 - Miscellany Mom @ 5:17 am
oh how i loath the question… “paper or plastic?”
#35 - Jodi @ 6:30 am
I would love to have these!! Count me in!
#36 - Stacy @ 6:50 am
Lovin It!
#37 - geekbearinggifts @ 6:55 am
Very cool, and much better looking than the ones I already have. Now, if they would just remind me to get them out of the trunk when I get to the store, they’d be perfect. Thanks for offering them!
#38 - Joyce Collins @ 7:07 am
I would so love these bags!
#39 - Mamacheryl @ 7:08 am
These bags would be wonderful to have.
#40 - Carol @ 7:14 am
Would love to win.
#41 - Christina DeMarco @ 7:17 am
Great! Count me in!
#42 - Aisling @ 7:25 am
These bags look great! All my reusable bags are from grocery stores, with their logos, and I’d love to have some attractive ones.
#43 - Michelle @ 7:29 am
I have been using reusable shopping bags for years, even before it was trendy to do so, but after more than 10 years, they are looking shabby, to say the least. I would love to win some nice-looking ones that aren’t a collection of mis-matched bags from trade shows.
#44 - Fahim Jadaa @ 7:39 am
You can never have too many bags or shoes for that matter!
#45 - SUSAN VARNEY @ 7:43 am
lovely just beautiful
#46 - Wilma Tipton @ 7:48 am
I could add this to my growing collection!
#47 - Tracey Byram @ 7:51 am
Bringing my own shopping bags when I shop is my New Year’s resolution. Finally, a resolution I can actually keep while helping the environent at the same time.
#48 - pauline jones @ 7:53 am
love these. i keep them in my car for everything. could use a few more
#49 - stephanie @ 7:54 am
Enter me please!
#50 - das @ 8:06 am
count me in! thanx
#51 - Wendy @ 8:22 am
these bags are so nice! Please count me in.
#52 - Linda Ellis @ 8:23 am
add my entry please
#53 - Joanne @ 8:26 am
I love reusable bags and these are great looking. Thanks!
#54 - zukppr @ 8:26 am
I’m using 3 of the squarish ones with the store logo on them. One more would make it very unusual for me to use any more plastic ones than we use for our household food trash.
Also… Have a stockpile of the store plastic ones? I have a friend who makes them into re-usable ones. I even saw them turned into a rug at a local recycling center.
#55 - Multi-tasking Mommy @ 8:28 am
Oh, wow! I love using reusable bags and these ones seem so cute!!!
#56 - Stefanie @ 8:30 am
These look awesome! I’ve been using the store brand bags as well, but would love something a bit more flexible.
#57 - Beth Kuligowski @ 8:33 am
Looks like a very useful prize! Thanks for the chance to win!
#58 - Michael Capp @ 8:37 am
I want to win!
#59 - kelli in the mirror @ 8:37 am
I’d love these- most of mine say Kroger and I feel funny taking them anywhere else!
#60 - James Jenkins @ 8:38 am
Wow!!
#61 - Maja Meza @ 8:39 am
pick me
#62 - Ana Meza @ 8:39 am
i wanna win
#63 - Carey @ 8:39 am
Count me in please!
#64 - Maureen McNulty @ 8:45 am
We go thru lots of plastic bags. But, now, seeing these lovely and large reusables, I would like to try to “go green”. Thanks!
#65 - Bridget @ 8:50 am
Three of these minusbags would be great for me.
#66 - margaret herrin @ 8:52 am
I’m in.
#67 - claudette flanigan @ 8:54 am
This is so me! Keeping my fingers crossed!
#68 - Katherine @ 8:58 am
I would love these…we are a earthy family and these would be great. We get lots of funny looks when we ask for paper instead of plastic and these would be a million times better!
#69 - Andrea @ 9:02 am
I’d love a chance to win these.
#70 - Diane Perkins @ 9:04 am
I would love to have this, how convenient
#71 - Jessica @ 9:04 am
I have been eyeing these bags lately. I could definitely use one! Count me in!
#72 - Carrie @ 9:18 am
I’m currently in the process of living simpler and going greener. It’s been little changes that have added up to bigger ones. Please enter me in - I’d love them!
#73 - Marilyn @ 9:27 am
This is great for the environment - no waste of paper or plastic bags for grocery shopping - thank you
#74 - Susan Decker @ 9:30 am
I’m tryng to go “greener” to set a good example for my children and to make the world a better place for us all. These bags would be a big help. I have some I use, but mine are really worn out, and these would look and feel much better!
#75 - Wanda @ 9:32 am
These look great! My son was born on Earth Day and is big into recycling and such. He would be happy that we have these and I would love to not have so many plastic bags around.
#76 - randi oaklief @ 9:37 am
What a great way to help the environment!
#77 - Melanie @ 9:39 am
oh, yes please!!
#78 - Tania Bugnet @ 9:44 am
These look so great. So much better than the dinky little ones that the grocery stores are selling. You could probably get your shopping into one or two of these bags.
#79 - Amy P @ 9:46 am
I would love to win this!
#80 - Heather @ MrsMomma @ 9:52 am
Oh, those look nice! Enter me, please.
#81 - Kathy Scott @ 9:54 am
My son would be so proud of me if I used this bag. He is all green.
#82 - Cathryn Patrick @ 9:57 am
I keep seeing these bags all over the internet. I’m starting to think I need to get one! They look ideal for me, since I’m a college student and I always have books to carry.
#83 - Judith Rachmani @ 9:58 am
The minusbag does look prettier than the bags with store logos.
#84 - Robin (the pensieve one) @ 9:58 am
This fits perfectly with some habits I began last year…I’ll have to check out their site because I’ve already considered buying some reusable bags…pretty ones would make it even better :).
#85 - Becca H @ 10:04 am
How cute are those? I love using reusable bags!!
#86 - Mel H @ 10:05 am
I am so in! I resolve this year to go more ‘green’ and eat better so the minusbag is a perfect combo!
#87 - Mya Brooks @ 10:09 am
As someone who already brings a bag, an extra one- or two would be nice!!!
#88 - Elizabeth @ 10:13 am
Ohh these are nice I have mostly switched to paper but this would be even nicer.
#89 - Amy R. @ 10:14 am
This would be great!
#90 - terrisa karaus @ 10:15 am
these are really nice
#91 - Carolyn @ 10:16 am
I definitely need this and to stop using plastic.
Love the look because I also Vegan now. Fruits and Veggies for New Year. Thanks and Happy 2008!!
#92 - Katherine Newton @ 10:17 am
Would loooooove this one!
#93 - Karen Gonyea @ 10:18 am
Enter Me Please !!
#94 - kira @ 10:21 am
These are great!
#95 - Aimee B @ 10:29 am
These bags are so great. I love them, and the designs on them. Please enter me — I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
#96 - Jamie @ 10:30 am
What a great prize!
#97 - Mical Holcomb @ 10:31 am
Great green!
#98 - Ali Gutierrez @ 10:33 am
I love the one with the grapes!
#99 - Dot @ 10:34 am
I love reusable bags! I have a few, but none seem to be sturdy enough for real grocery shopping. I would love to have some that are big enough and sturdy enough to handle the bigger, heavier items.
#100 - Melissa Markham @ 10:35 am
Great idea! I would need a bunch for our grocery shopping trips, but you must first start with one:)
#101 - Susan @ 10:35 am
Cute! Thanks for the giveaway!
#102 - kristina jones @ 10:35 am
I would really like any of these. I am trying to live a greener life.
#103 - bebemiqui @ 10:41 am
I would love to use these for my grocery trips. :0)
#104 - Bhavana @ 10:43 am
Enter me please. Thanks!
#105 - Diana Wood @ 10:46 am
These would be perfect for shopping trips! They are very stylish.
#106 - Jill H. @ 10:50 am
So pretty! I’m trying to end the plastic bag habit too…
#107 - Anne @ 10:53 am
Great Bags, love the design, would use these daily! Pick Moi!
#108 - Ming @ 10:55 am
I am all for saving the environment. You can never have enough bags!
#109 - Carol @ 10:56 am
Love these, I would use these all the time.
#110 - Jamie @ 10:56 am
I would love to take these shopping!!!
#111 - Stephanie @ 11:00 am
Very pretty…for a great cause! Count me in!
#112 - Tiffany @ 11:03 am
These would make excellent additions to my reusable bag collection!
#113 - Jenn in AZ @ 11:04 am
Love these bags. I need the sturdy ones…we seem to overpack.
Thanks for the opportunity and have a great day!
#114 - Charina Sutphin @ 11:06 am
i would love these.
#115 - Taryn @ 11:07 am
love these!
#116 - Vicki Wurgler @ 11:08 am
reusable bags - good idea!
#117 - Stephanie @ 11:12 am
My trek to be green needs to start somewhere, and this looks like a beau-ti-ful place! Pick me! Thanks!
Stephanie
williamspublic at comcast dot net
#118 - Rebecca Snodgrass @ 11:16 am
Love these
#119 - Char @ 11:22 am
Ewe…pick me! I am so trying to collect some bags so that I can begin my start of the new year with less plastic bags.
#120 - Cindi Hoppes @ 11:22 am
Hi, What wonderful looking and very useful bags! Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it!
Cindi
#121 - Mama Zen @ 11:25 am
These are really cute!
#122 - Angela C @ 11:27 am
This would be great for helping to turn me “green”
#123 - Denise @ 11:27 am
Count me in!
#124 - Vicky Carlson @ 11:30 am
I love these bags! Yeah go green, don’t forget your bags! I keep my bags in the trunk of my car.
#125 - Terri D @ 11:36 am
Count me in! Thanks for the contest.
#126 - Capturing Today @ 11:37 am
These look like really great bags and they are so pretty!
#127 - Le Anne @ 11:37 am
Just the thing that I need to give me that kick in the bu** that I need to go green.
Le Anne
yardsaleprincess1@yahoo.com
#128 - Shilo Beedy @ 11:37 am
We always buy a ton of groceries and these bags would come in handy
#129 - Shannon Baas @ 11:38 am
These are cool.
#130 - sara @ 11:41 am
These would be GREAT! Thanks for the awesome chance to win a few!
#131 - Nissa H. @ 11:42 am
I’d love to go green in my shopping expeditions..
#132 - Lorraine @ 11:50 am
very useful
#133 - Dominique Withrow @ 11:52 am
I love the brown bags with the peas on them!
#134 - Matthew L @ 11:56 am
My wife and I have been working on going green in our house. It would be great to win the minusbags for our grocery shopping.
#135 - Andrea @ 11:56 am
These are very spiffy looking!!
#136 - Michelle Zamora @ 11:57 am
wow! I would totally use this…
#137 - brandy @ 12:03 pm
These bags are very cool and great for carrying groceries!
#138 - Tara Robertson @ 12:07 pm
What a fabulous idea! We have the squarish ones too from our grocery store. But I must admit I forget to bring them far too often. I am trying though. Someday perhaps my “mommy brain” will return to my pre-kids intelligence and ability to remember!
#139 - Emmaline Kuebler @ 12:09 pm
I want these.
#140 - MissyMiss @ 12:12 pm
We are avid recyclers in my house-even my 4 year old knows which blue bag is for cans/plastic and which one is for paper! She yells at people when they come over and try to throw a water bottle or soda can in the trash, lol.
#141 - Betty N @ 12:12 pm
These look great as well as being functional!
#142 - Rita @ 12:15 pm
Thanks for the contest and hints
#143 - Doug @ 12:15 pm
My wife would like these
#144 - Teresa M @ 12:17 pm
We have SO many plastic bags when we come back from the store. It would be nice to cut down on them. Thanks!
#145 - michelle b @ 12:29 pm
sounds great enter me in your contest
#146 - Jane @ 12:30 pm
Enter me please.
#147 - Heather @ 12:31 pm
What cute bags!
#148 - mama k @ 12:32 pm
Me please! Those are so cute.
#149 - donna pavcik @ 12:34 pm
you can never have enough totes to carry your stuff, cause everybody got different stuff and you need to keep the stuff separated, in some sort of filing system so you know which stuff is which
#150 - Angela @ 12:35 pm
I really love the chocolate bag w/ the pears!! Sign me up.. I’d look pretty rockin at the grocery store with these
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#151 - Michelle S. @ 12:37 pm
These are too cute, and I love that there are finally reusable bags that don’t advertise grocery stores or look ugly. You can be socially responsible and so very chic. Nice! Thanks for the giveaway.
#152 - Annette @ 12:41 pm
Enter me, please.
#153 - Rebecca Peters @ 12:41 pm
wow i would love these!
#154 - Tiffany Lane @ 12:44 pm
would love this!!!!
#155 - Michele @ 12:52 pm
please enter me…I would love to win!
#156 - Julia Woolley @ 12:52 pm
I would love these!
#157 - MrsGroovy @ 12:59 pm
Saving the earth for my kids is my priority, these bags would be very helpful.
#158 - tammy b @ 1:00 pm
would love to add these to my collection, seems like we never have enough!
#159 - shannon @ 1:02 pm
i would love these!
#160 - Bonnie G @ 1:03 pm
great bags
#161 - Summer @ 1:04 pm
How cool, count me in!
#162 - Lynn B @ 1:05 pm
Two toddlers = never enough bags to tote stuff in
#163 - John B @ 1:06 pm
My wife never has enough of these
#164 - Roseann K. @ 1:08 pm
Nice accessory to go grocery shopping with!!!
#165 - Louis @ 1:08 pm
enter me please
#166 - kathleen haas @ 1:15 pm
what cute bags!!
#167 - linda @ 1:17 pm
I would love to win this one.
#168 - Karyn Miskelly @ 1:20 pm
This would be great to have.
#169 - Jennifer Barnett @ 1:20 pm
What a great giveaway. We all need to use more cloth bags instead of plastic.
#170 - Denise @ 1:20 pm
These are so nice!
#171 - Margaret Smith @ 1:37 pm
Would love to win this. Our whole family is trying to go green as much as possible. This would be really great. Thanks for the giveaway.
#172 - Paige @ 1:46 pm
I like the brown with green peas bag. Fun!
#173 - Michelle H @ 1:47 pm
I love them all and would put them to good use.
#174 - Brandy @ 1:49 pm
I am hoping to get these bags….
#175 - Sarah M @ 1:50 pm
Having more than one bag would really help since I tend to leave the one I have in my car - and could use an extra for when I’m walking to the library, etc.
#176 - Sophia Lindsay @ 1:52 pm
We use do this when we were younger until the plastic bag phase came in. It would definitely be a great idea to go back to the older days when mom and I would go to the market with our own bags
#177 - Cory @ 1:54 pm
Great give-away. Please add my name to the list. Thank you, Cory
#178 - Lesha @ 1:55 pm
Thanks for the giveaway!
#179 - Linda Pinto @ 1:56 pm
I will use these.
#180 - melissa l. @ 1:56 pm
I’m all for it!