Reusable Shopping Totes

As a planet, we consume over 500 billion (that’s with a B!) plastic bags each year. Stop the madness! Stock up on totes to help schlep your groceries or mall splurges without the plastic. Here are some of our latest favorites: Maggie Bags Available in purse, messenger bag and large tote styles in every color under the sun, we love Maggie Bags!  These super durable bags are made from reclaimed automobile seat belts.  It’s true:  each year millions of yards of seat belt webbing are rejected by car manufacturers for the slightest color variation.  Rather than hitting the landfill, the folks at Maggie Bags snatch up these belts, dye them funky colors and weave them into cool bags.  Since the polyester seat belt webbing was originally designed to save lives, these bags are super strong and durable – they’re even machine washable!  The Tote of Many Colors is our favorite – it’s a fantastic market bag and will be awesome for the beach too.  Check out the website to see all of the styles and colors available, as well as where to buy these chic handbags.

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Total Branding By Express Line

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see  proformagreen.com ). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry. Pre-printing for bags is becoming more and more popular in our industry, and I have written about that in the past .

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7 Frightening Signs Harmful Chemicals are Sneaking into Your Beauty Regime

Image: Capture Queen Moisturizing cleanser.

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Can Promo Help Save The Reefs?

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com ). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry

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Nearly 60 Companies Test New Product, Supply Chain Emissions Measuring Tools

More than 50 corporations are measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of their products and entire supply chains with two new standards from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative.  

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Betti Pot

Does cold and flu season have you feeling less than stellar?  Are your indoor allergies worse at this time of year when your house is all sealed up?  If so, you should try a neti pot!  A neti pot is “a container designed to rinse the nasal cavity”, according to Dr. James T

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Seven PepsiCo Plants in UK Achieve Zero Waste

Seven PepsiCo manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, including the firm’s largest factory in the country, have gone zero waste and no longer send rubbish to landfill, the company announced last week.

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Here Come The Mugs

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com ). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry. The Ultimate Eco Mug from Debco and the I AM NOT A PAPER CUP mug from IMC were likely some of the hottest items in the promotional products market in 2009.

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2010 Resolutions: Less Water Bottles, More Stuff Made From Water Bottles

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com ). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry.

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Advocates for Electronics Producer Responsibility Speak Out Against NYC e-Waste Lawsuit

Photo of e-waste collection event via Tekserve The consumer electronics industry associations have railed against a New York City regulation that puts the responsibility back on producers to recycle their products.

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