Comments on: Another dopey contest

By: anne

anne — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:39:59 +0000

I love my big plastic mesh shopping baskets. i bought them in europe. they can old a really full shopping cart, and are strong. I also the colors. I hate dark,gloomy colors. I also like a insulated bag I received as a freebee, made by 4imprint.com. (”shop n fold insulated bag”) I just wish it was a lot bigger. at least 15 by 17 by 8 would be great. weight doesn’t matter that much.they go straight from a shopping cart in the car, where i live,. it just holds it all together.
Now I’m looking to buy bags for our school auction, and can’t seem to find these bags any bigger anywhere. Someone ought to make these.

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:35:11 +0000

I am a 12 year old Youth Entrepreneur. I sell only one product, stat-of-the-art, reusable, insulated multi-function bags made in the USA with space age technology. I have lots of helpful hints on my website to help answer lots of the questions and problems people are talking about.

I hope you will check it out at YouthBusiness.us

I think you will like the neat stuff on my website.

By: Jenny Hughes

Jenny Hughes — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:29:09 +0000

I am so happy to hear the wonderful support for re-usable bags. Plastic bags are littering our planet and we can all make a difference by BYOB’ing. My company, Bring Your Own Bag, offers natural and organic cotton totes with fresh designs. We also have a BYOB artist series. A portion of net profits from every bag sold is being donated to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

By: jinjer markley

jinjer markley — Sun, 20 May 2007 22:09:46 +0000

i admit i haven’t read all the comments, so someone may have mentioned this:

to me, the most important thing is a design that makes it really easy for me to stash a great number of bags in pockets, bags, purses. etc.
I’m constantly forgetting to bring the re-usable bags I have; I need to trick myself into always having one handy!

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:38:09 +0000

Decade(s?) ago I made a number of bags that are still going strong. They’re the size of the standard plastic grocery bags, with a packcloth bottom and strong sportsmesh sides. The webbing handles which wrap around the bottom take the stress, and that they’re mostly mesh means they take little space when not in use. The “alpha” ones have extra pockets to squish the others (and flimsy produce sacks) into.

My other innovation was to buy a couple of kite string reels. Think of a hollow toroid sliced in two perpendicular to its radius (I’ll post reference shots on the forum if anyone wants), large enough to comfortably fit over my forearm, and also the right size to slip into the strap(s), which would otherwise cut into hands.

Despite a routine for getting these back to the vehicle, we still accumulate plastic bags at an alarming rate – opening a shipment and seeing it cushioned with these, for example. I love the idea of making a cushy mat out of them. Not upscale on the decorator front, but in front of my cutting table, who cares?

By: WEndy

WEndy — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:00:15 +0000

Ha! I’ve tried talking to several different ones at Trader Joe’s corporate and is a hush-hush secret because it’s their trademark. The red bags have big flowers on them, I’m just looking for one the same size – 16″ x 12″ x 12″ with a nice 7″ gusett. The fabric is sort of a shiny looking, almost a plastic-coated look to it. It will stand up alone since it has a larage gusett at the bottom.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:36:05 +0000

Hi Wendy, wow, that's a contract anyone would love. I don't know what bags Trader Joe's uses. Why don't you call them? I don't see why they wouldn't share the resource. The sponsor for our contest is Reusable Bags. Another option is searching the database at Co-op America.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:04:01 +0000

I need to order several thousand of the Trader Joe type bags for some grocery stores. Any idea what company makes them?

By: sarah Astor

sarah Astor — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:48:03 +0000

I have an idea for a re-usable bag but do not know how to go about getting a prototype made. Can anyone give me some information on this and then I would like to submit it to the competition being run

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:59:22 +0000

Woo Hoo,

I created this reusable bag (with it’s own cozy)tutorial without knowing about your contest.

There’s been a lot of covergage about plastic bags in the UK too. So in response I made this up: http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/2007/04/one_of_the_medi.html
I hope it suits…

Betty (of She’s a Betty) gave me the tip off about your contest. Really glad I found your blog!