Win 4 Reusable Chico Bags!
We love reusable shopping bags, but sometimes, it’s hard to remember to take them into the store. I’ve gotten much better about bringing my bags into the grocery store (I only have to run out to the car about once every two months now from the checkout line), but remembering my bags at other stores is a challenge. I usually walk out with my arms full of merchandise and fill my bags at the car.
I really like ChicoBags for shopping at stores, not just the natural food store. They sling over my shoulder (and my kids’ shoulders) easily and ball up nicely to fit inside my purse. Reusable bags are such a simple step we can all take to reduce our carbon footprint, but why is it so hard to remember to use them?
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Using ChicoBag’s reusable tote bags reduces waste because they are long lasting and promote reuse. ChicoBag will even recycle your reusable bags when you are done with them. What makes ChicoBags better than many other reusable grocery bags is the compact pouch that is sewn into the seam on the interior of the tote bag. ChicoBags make it easy to carry a reusable shopping tote at all times. Single-use paper and plastic bags are harmful to the environment and use up 32% of landfill space because they can take hundreds of years to decompose. Americans use between 300 and 700 plastic bags per person each year, on average. 100 billion plastic shopping bags are used annually in the United States.
Thanks to Two Knobby Tires, we are giving away four Chico reusable bags to one lucky Eco Child’s Play reader. To enter, simply leave a comment to this post explaining your strategy for remembering to bring your reusuable bags into the store. The winner will be selected randomly from the comments on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. Good luck, and don’t forget those bags!
I get to the checkout and think, “D_mn, next time for sure!”
I have a coat hook by my back door and my reusable bags hang right there so I can remember to take them when I shop. Thanks!
I just put 2-3 in my purse that way when I reach for my wallet I grav them and use them! It’s easy for me!! Thanks
I just received a reusable shopping bag. The bad thing is I’m so busy remembering to make sure I have enough diapers and wet wipes in my diaper bag that I forget to grab the new bag. After seeing this post I decided to put the reusable bag in the diaper bag since I know I’ll have this with me every time I go shopping - at least for the next 2.5 years! I’ll have to get a bigger purse after that.
I attach my grocery list to the tote bag and leave it in my van.I won’t go in the grocery store without my grocery list.
I use the carabiner clip on my bag to always have one attached to my purse. Then I just have to be *fast* enough to tell the checker that I have a bag before s/he starts automatically bagging as s/he scans the groceries.
I love my Chico bag! I only have one but keep it on my car keychain. I don’t ever go in a store and forget my Chico bag! They are awesome.
I would love some Chico bags!
I hang mine on the doorknob out of the house, and pop my wallet in on the way out the door - can’t shop without my wallet! I pretty much never forget them now.
I put mine on the front seat under my purse. Or if I have a small enough one I tuck it right into my purse. Otherwise I’ll forget them completely!