The following is a guest post from Jennifer Heigl. You can also visit her at JenniferHeigl.com and Daily Blender
I hate to be a nerdy greenie, but I’m a little proud of my grocery bags. Every week, on my visit to the local supermarket, I get at least one or two compliments on them. “Wow, so sturdy.” “Whoa, these are nice.” They hold everything, I don’t worry about the handles, and they’re easy to load/unload.
And, of course, they’re green.
The bags themselves are made out of a version of “next generation recycled PET,” a material made from recycled plastic bottles and containers. Slightly different than most of the grocery bags out there, these are the same shape and size of the standard brown paper bags found in most stores - except they won’t break between the car and the house!
You, too, can be a grocery greenie with your own recycled PET bags. Reusable Bags has a whole host of bags to choose from, including my compliment-worthy ones.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Stefanie, the green grocery bag looks so edgy and durable. Honestly, I don't mind to have one. By the way, I have no shame to say that I'm a PET supporter too!
July 19th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
love that they are made from PET!
July 20th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Very interesting post! I need to check these bags out. I have a Voltaic Generator solar bag that charges my phone and laptop and I'm almost 100% positive it's made of the same material. Truly the wave of the future.
Thank you again for sharing!
July 20th, 2009 at 6:03 am
That's great, I have quite a few of these bags myself. They are not eco-made but since they're already here there's no harm in using them. But the downside is, I don't get as many compliments in the store...
July 20th, 2009 at 6:14 am
I'm always shopping with my green bag made of some kind of very tough thread. This is so nice that people are willing to resign from using free one-time plastic bags and take their own enveiromental-friendly bags!
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I love how the trend to use reusable bags has become so popular! I honestly feel so bad not taking a bag into the grocery store, something that wouldn't have even crossed my mind even two years ago.
Hopefully as we go through this social change we'll start to use more and more eco-friendly products.
I cant wait to check these out! Thanks