Category: Bags

First of all, the name is hilarious. Second, the concept is interesting. Airsickness bags are a fixture in every seat pocket in front of your own airline seat, and a company called Up, Up, and Upchuck is looking to revolutionize them by coming out with eco-friendly canvas bags to replace the usual paper bags. The…

It’s easy enough to get reusable shopping bags these days, since we now have a lot of choices available to us these days. What tends to be rather difficult (although it’s really not a huge problem) is remembering to bring our reusable bags when we go to the supermarket. How many times have you gone…

Everyone was understandably thrilled when plastic sandwich bags came out, particularly the ones that you can secure. However, most people just tend to use one bag then toss it out after use, even if it was still fairly clean and the crumbs just had to be shaken out. Washing used plastic sandwich bags has also…

I read this New York Times article saying that high levels of lead were found in reusable bags made in China. Implicated were bags from some CVS stores, Wal-Mart, Target, and supermarkets like Winn-Dixie and Publix. Wegman’s grocery chain recalled its bags in September. New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Food and…

I heard on The Dr. Oz Show that bags, wallets, and purses made from vinyl (or PVC-Polyvinyl chloride) are toxic because they contain lead. This article states that “the worst offenders were bags that were yellow or yellow-tinted.” I for one, am horrified by this. I use bags because I have to and have no…

Earthwisebags.com located in Commerce, CA offers a lot of choices in their arsenal of reusable bags. They manufacture reusable bags for companies, so some of the samples you see here were produced for other companies. Here are some of them: Lunch bags and hot & cold insulated bags Outer shell – 100% non-woven polypropylene Inner…

For one-stop reusable bag shopping convenience, consider ACME Bags™ – Reusable Shopping Bag Sampler Set from Reusablebags.com. What does the sampler set include? “Product Description Includes 6 of our best-selling reusable shopping bags Set features everything you need to eliminate accumulating unwanted plastic & paper bags – 2 ACME Workhorses – unfolds from its own…

Envirosax is based in San Diego, California. Last Saturday, I put to the test their Botanica Bag 2 ($8.50) from the Graphic Series eco-friendly bags. The bag I tried was literally green, complete with a leaf design. But first, here’s what the Envirosax website had to say about the Graphic Series bags: “Lightweight polyester, portable,…