Reusable shopping bags with logo or artwork of your choice

We have a wide range of custom printed reusable shopping bags for:

• Schools
• Local communities
• Promotional events
• Retail

Reusable Shopping Bags

The Problem

The average family accumulates 12 plastic bags with every visit to the supermarket.  Shocking but not surprising. We are all guilty of it to some extent; it is just a deeply engrained habit that as a global society we have deemed as acceptable. Or have we?

In the last few years it really does seem that things are slowly beginning to change, and here are a few more statistics that might explain why:

• A single plastic bag can take up to 1000 years to degrade.
• Every square mile of ocean has approximately 46,000 plastic items floating in it.
• 8.7 plastic shopping bags contain enough embodied petroleum energy to drive a car 1 km.
• Plastic bags do not stay where they are dropped. They account for almost half of all litter that escapes from land fill sites and travel huge distances in the air. In fact plastic bags used in Canada have been found as far away as Scotland.

• 10% of all plastic ends up in the ocean. Of this, 70% will end up on the ocean floor where it will never degrade.
• 267 marine species are believed to have been effected as they either ingest the plastic bags or become entangled in them.
• A reusable canvas bag only needs to be used 5 times to have a lower environmental impact than a plastic bag.

Something has to change. We recognise that and slowly our habits are adapting. In the last couple of years the percentage of plastic bags that end up being recycled has doubled. Although it is worth noting that is an increase from 1% to 2% so the challenge has only just begun.

Fortunately the corporate powers are now also adapting their policies to match the wishes of the consumer and ever greater numbers of supermarkets and large retail stores have started charging for their plastic bags. Of course there are some major financial advantages to this move as they have effectively turned what was a huge cost into a nice little earner. Cynical business motivations aside, however, the bottom line is that the world has recognised that unlike the plastic bag itself, the frequency with which we use them has to degrade, and degrade fast. Cue the canvas alternative.

The Solution

Strong, durable and compact, reusable canvas and cotton bags are the superhero long needed to challenge natures’ nemesis, the plastic shopping bag. Of course it is not enough to offer a practical and environmentally sound alternative; the products have to look the part too! Our reusable canvas bags and cotton bags are the perfect fashion accessory as you saunter down your local high street, passing from shop to shop in the happy knowledge that you are reducing litter pollution, landfill requirements, harm to wildlife and global warming. That’s quite a combination!

If you want to do your bit then contact us today about our reusable canvas and cotton bags. We offer a variety of sizes and you can have whatever artwork you like printed on the outside. For this reason they are particularly popular as a promotional corporate gift, but also a favourite amongst charities and schools.