Bag It Up!
So, I know this has happened to everyone. Here it goes: After running from work to practice to dinner, you are standing in the check out line and you realize you left your trusty canvas bag at home. Now you are stuck with the dreaded plastic bag. Of course you didn’t bring your canvas bag with you. At the beginning of your day, stopping at Whole Foods to grab milk and bread was not on your list of things to do that day.
And so the story goes. This has happened to me on more than one occasion. My purse is too small/stuffed with things to carry what I am purchasing and my canvas tote is all too conveniently located in my kitchen. What to do?
A new company flip & tumble has the answer to the plastic bag predicament. flip & tumble have designed a reusable bag built to carry anywhere. In four easy steps, the bag becomes the size of hand-held ball. The 24-7 bag is so compact, it can be carried with you 24-7, hence the name! You just scrunch, flip, flip and tumble away until your bag is the size of an orange. In their words, they “are committed to making the everyday a little less so.”
Convience and eco-friendly can rarely be found in the same sentence, but the 24-7 bag fits the bill. According to their website, one reusable bag can “easily save 1000 plastic bags in its lifetime.” What’s even better? Send your 24-7 back to flip & tumble, and they recycle the bag for you.
For more information, visit flip & tumble’s website.
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:59 pm
I know this is eco friendly, but i end up coming home with so many shopping bags (I have 2 hungry kids and a hubby). Am I supposed to have 10 or more of these bags with me? What do other people do? I want to save the planet, but l have to be practical too.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:15 am
For large shopping trips, I bring canvas bags with me. I know it’s hard, but everyone can do it!