ChicoBag Reusable Eco BagsThe average American uses between 300 and 700 plastic bags per year. 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 760 times! The rePETe Original Reusable Shopping Bag, now at depoteco.com
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This bag is made from 7 plastic bottles 99% recycled content by weight rePETe Original
The rePETe Original Reusable Shopping Bag
ChicoBag rePETe Original Canyon Brown
- Materials: Fabric 100% Recycled PET, Carabiner 97% Recycled Aluminium, Cord 100% Recycled PET, Cordlock 100% Recycled Polyurethane (Thread, Screen Print, Care Label Made from Virgin Material)
- Dimensions:Bag 18 x 14.5- Pouch 3×4 (approximately)
- Weight: 1.5 oz
- Capacity: 25 lbs. (One gallon of milk is approximately 7 lbs.)
- Washing: Machine wash cold and hang dry.
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ChicoBag rePETe Original reusable shopping bag now at DepotEco.com!
The ChicoBag rePETe Original follows the Original reusable shopping bag design but is made from 99% recycled content by weight! Each rePETe has uniquely accented handles with the phrase, “This bag is made from 7 plastic bottles!” accompanied by a custom illustration. A list of the recycled materials used in manufacturing the rePETe is printed on the inside of each bag. All ChicoBags are reusable shopping bags designed to be unforgettable. They effortlessly fit in your pocket when they are stuffed into their integrated stuff pouch. Design encourages you to always have your ChicoBag on hand or pocket or purse.
What is PET?
Polyethylene terephthalate, abbreviated PET, is found in the polyester family and often used in the production of beverage containers like plastic bottles.
Learn the Facts
The average American uses between 300 and 700 plastic bags per year. 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 760 times! Learn more
Did You know…?
- The average American uses between 300 and 700 plastic bags per year. 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 760 times!
- Windblown plastic bags are so prevalent in South Africa that a cottage industry has sprung up harvesting up to 30,000 plastic bags a month to weave into hats and handbags. – BBC
- The world’s largest landfill can be found floating between Hawaii and San Francisco. Wind and sea currents carry marine debris from all over the world to what is now known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This “landfill” is estimated to be twice the size of Texas and thousands of pounds of our discarded trash, mostly plastics. Each year hundreds of thousands of sea birds and marine life die from digested plastics mistaken for food. –LA Times
Background on Bag Consumption
Single-use Plastic Bags:
- First introduced in 1977, single-use bags, now account for 4 out of every 5 bags handed out at grocery stores.
- According to the Wall Street Journal, 100 billion plastic shopping bags are consumed in the United States annually.
- Cutting single-use bag waste in half would reduce our oil consumption by more than 2,000 barrels a day and keep out 73,000 tons of rubbish out of landfills.
- EPA research has shown that only 1% of plastic bags get recycled while about 20% of paper bags are recycled.
Single-use Paper Bags:
- Paper bags generate 70% more air and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags.
- Paper in landfills doesn’t break down faster than plastic.
Solution:
- Reusable bags! A sturdy, reusable shopping bag needs only be used 11 times to have a lower environmental impact than using disposable plastic bags.
Sources:
Paper or Plastic?, Healthwell
Reusable Bags Tackle Plastic Bag Mess, Organic Trade Association
“Paper Cuts: Recovering the Paper Landscape”, Abromovitz & Mattoon, Worldwatch Institute, Washington DC, 1999
Keep the Sea Plastic Free—Bin It, Australian Government, Department of the Environment and HeritageSea Turtles Don’t Shop, Earth Resource Foundation
10 Things You Can Do to Create a Reusable Bag Habit in your Community
- Wage a campaign in your town or city to end the use of single-use bags by encouraging legislators to implement a grocery bag fee. Contact advocacy@chicobag.com for more information.
- Talk to local community and environmental groups about the bag issue and find out if they want to get involved.
- Create a petition asking for your city to take on the single-use bag problem. Circulate it at schools, universities, the library, grocery stores, farmer’s markets, and anywhere else where you can connect with your neighbors.
- Encourage local retailers to start a smart bagging policy with these tips:
– Offer a bag refund to customers who bring their own bags.
– Place signs reminding people to bring their own bags
– Create a reusable bag drop-off for others to use.
– Create an in-store bag recycling program.
– Sell reusable bags in their store. - Bring an extra reusable bag to the grocery story the next time you shop and give it away to a stranger who doesn’t have them. Ask them to “Pay it Forward” and give a bag away the next time they shop.
- Write a letter to the newspaper explaining the environmental problems with paper and plastic bags. Use our resources to help you come up with talking points.
- Start a ChicoBag fundraiser to raise money for an environmental or litter prevention group. Contact fundraisers@chicobag.com for more information!
- Stage a Bag Monster sighting in your community. Contact bagmonster@chicobag.com to set it up!
- Give your friends and family reusable bags as gifts for birthdays, graduation, housewarming parties, and special holidays.
- Set a good example by just saying no to single-use bags when you’re at the store. Others in line will follow suit!