Our Vision
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Waking people up
For the last five years, we've been fighting to spread the word on the massive over-consumption of plastic shopping bags and have made a significant impact - inspiring hundreds of news stories and empowering individuals with practical products and activist tools. Endorsements in An Inconvenient Truth and others provide testament to the impact we are making.
Is the plastic bag the worst thing adversely affecting our environment? Probably not. However it is very important because of its ubiquitous nature. Nearly all of us use them -- all the time. Pervasive and out of control, it is a powerful symbol of consumerism gone wild. The mindless over consumption of plastic bags is just plain dumb and we are helping make it a thing of the past.
Changing the status quo
We act as a grassroots organization enabling consumers to change the status quo, and feel good in the process. We accomplish this by:
- Leadership and innovation: Strategic, pragmatic solutions. Dedication to the triple bottom line (financial, social, environmental). Constant learning, growing and improving. Critical thinking with a healthy dose of skepticism. We ask tough questions and look for smart answers.
- Educating and raising awareness; providing news from around the world, facts and images showing how things have gotten out of control AND what is being done to change and improve the situation.
- Empowering people to take action and spread the word with sensible ideas and tools.
- Enabling people to consume less by providing well designed, high-quality, practical products made from truly sustainable materials and supporting fair labor/fair trade practice.
We believe that by offering these four key elements that close the loop we can move mainstream society away from this bad habit. There is a better way.
Helping make a difference
Part of our mission is to provide consumers with a wide range of "reusables," including safe, reusable bottles and eco-friendly lunch bags. Our smart, practical product solutions enable people to reduce, reuse & save™. Below are a few of the ways we are making an impact:
- Thrusting the plastic bag issue into mainstream consciousness while promoting the wisdom of reusable shopping bags as an important part of the solution. We've been a major catalyst and are inspiring a movement.
- ACME Bags™ - our award-winning, proprietary line of innovative reusable bags that are practical, stylish, durable and logo-free. All made from sustainable, high-performance materials and in accordance with fair labor / fair trade practices. Read more...
- As of Earth Day 2008, we've enabled our 125,000+ customers to reduce their consumption of use-and-toss items by an estimated 399 million units.
- We are members of 1% for the Planet. Joining the likes of Patagonia, we donate 1% of sales to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment
Help support our efforts - Please visit our store and help spread the word.
Vincent Cobb
Founder ReusableBags.com
"I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer." - Denis Hayes, Chair, Earth Day Network
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ReusableBags.com endorsed in An Inconvenient Truth Click here for more.
"ReusableBags.com will be at the forefront of the coming 'bring your own bag' revolution." -- San Francisco Chronicle 9.1.04
"Seriously green. Perfect for the activist."
-- USA Today 8.29.07
Our product mission is to provide people with the best selection of reusable shopping bags and related accessories that combine:
value
function
style
quality
With each purchase you make we donate 1% for the Planet
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