Category Archives: Reusable Bags

Lululemon and Reusable Bag Branding

April 30, 2013

Are you branding as well as Lululemon, the Vancouver-based maker of trendy yoga and running wear? Theirs is a great example of how smart for the environment can definitely mean smart for business too. You’d have to be pretty far …
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Plastic Bag Bans Court Controversy

January 26, 2013

Toronto City Council’s recent decision to backtrack on previous plans to ban the use of plastic bags from grocery markets seems to come in opposition to the prevailing trend in North America. Across the continent, it’s true, many municipalities have …
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Toronto Councillors Revoke Plastic Bag Ban

January 26, 2013

Toronto councilors have decided to backtrack on their decision earlier this year to ban single-use plastic bags from grocery stores, a move that was to take effect as of January 1, 2013. The decision is reported to be based on …
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Reusable Hotel Laundry Bags

December 10, 2012

The corporate world is going green and it’s not just for P.R. purposes. More and more, companies are finding out that adopting eco-friendly practices is saving them money along with providing golden opportunities for enhanced customer relations and brand promotion. …
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The Eco Benefits of Custom Eco Packaging

November 26, 2012

Consumer packaging produces millions of tons of waste every year and savvy modern companies are taking steps to reduce that toll by using custom eco-packaging. International athletic wear manufacturer PUMA took nearly two years to come up with their “clever …
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Non-Woven Reusable Bags…Toronto’s Answer to the Plastic Bag Ban

July 25, 2012

Toronto, Canada recently became the largest municipality to ban plastic shopping bags from grocery and shopping markets earlier this year. As the ban date of January 1, 2013 gets closer and closer, retailers are scrambling to find viable alternatives. Many …
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Stone Paper Bags: Completely Tree Free!

July 1, 2012

Toronto has just become the largest North American city to ban plastic bags from grocery markets, but there’s an underlying controversy with respect to one of the alternatives. Sure, you can offer customers reusable bags, but will they remember to …
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Reusable Bags: The Perfect Alternative to Plastic Bags

June 24, 2012

Toronto City Council has voted to ban plastic grocery bags as of January 1, 2013, making it the largest municipality in North America to do so thus far. As plastic bags will soon go the way of the dodo in …
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Paper Bags as Art

May 29, 2012

Architect Jeremy Barbour has discovered a new – and highly creative – use for the classic brown paper bag. Barbour, of the Brooklyn based firm TACKLEBOX Architecture, created the design for the interior of OWEN, a clothing boutique in the …
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Reusable Bags: Plastic, Paper or Cloth? The Controversy Continues

May 29, 2012

Just as the city of Los Angeles moves to ban plastic bags in supermarkets all together – becoming the largest U.S. city to take that step – Toronto’s mayor has vowed to do away with that city’s five-cent per bag …
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