Reuseit's Baggu Brand Bag Giveaway

According to the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the average American makes 2.3 trips to the grocery store each week. Walk away with five to 10 bags each time (not hard to do if you're feeding a family of four) and that's between 600 and 1,200 bags per shopper each year. Or 40 billion grocery bags each year!  The average reusable bag has the lifespan of over seven hundred disposable plastic bags.  Over a lifetime, use of reusable bags by just one person would save over 22,000 plastic bags.  Now some grocery stores even offer discounts for customers who bring their own bags - now that's incentive! Do you tend to forget yours? It might help if you ask them to not put your groceries in the plastic bags. Instead, ask them to place all of your purchased items back in a cart. Loading them into your car and taking them out once you get home may do the trick. OR just remember to carry a couple of them in your purse, diaperbag etc all of the time. 

  

As you can see by the one I reviewed  (above) by Baggu, there are plenty that fold down smaller, come in a little pouch or roll up with a snap holding them that way. 

Baggu makes reusable shopping bags that are sturdy, strong and stylish. The standard Baggu is made out of 100% ripstop nylon and can hold up to 25 pounds, making them an ideal, cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags. Best of all, Baggu bags are designed to be folded into a little, flat pouch so they can easily fit into your purse, pocket or other carrying case.

Reusable bags come in all sorts of smart and stylish shapes and prints, making your shopping trips a little less routine and a little more fun.  I use mine for groceries, but I have others designated to use when going to the library, smaller ones are used for taking lunches, to take gym clothes in, for sleepovers, to put toys in for road trips and the beach/pool (not that I get there too often).

Do you forget yours or use to?  I shared how I trained myself to remember. Now let us all know how you do it so we can all!

GIVEAWAY

One Reusable Bag like the one reviewed

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This contest is open to US.  

You have until 8:00 A.M. EST December 12, 2011 to enter.  Please visit Rules for more information.  Because it is the way I contact winners, please be sure to leave your email in EACH comment. 

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