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ACME Bags™ Recycled PET Dual Handled Tote
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Customer Reviews & Testimonials
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Launching a movement
As of Earth Day 2008 we've empowered our 125,000+
customers to reduce their consumption of
use-and-toss items by an estimated 399
million units. We've been a driving force
behind the emerging "reusables" movement. Click
here to learn more.
This issue's highlights:
Phew! Lots of great stuff in this issue...
think family and friends might be interested?
Be sure to forward this email on!
Help support our
efforts - visit
our store to see our critically acclaimed
selection
of reusable shopping bags and other smart
reusables, all designed to help people consume
less.
 Keep in mind, with each
purchase you make we
donate to 1%
For the Planet. Together we
are making a difference!
As always, thanks for your support.
Vincent Cobb -- Founder, ReusableBags.com
P.S. We're hiring - from full-time to
interns. Job openings appear in Careers.
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Save up to 50% during our Summer Overstock Sale
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Over 80 items on sale!
As a newsletter subscriber you're getting
advance notice of one of our biggest sales
ever. The summer tends to be a slower
time so we're offering great deals to lower
our inventory levels.
A huge range of items are on sale -
including overstocks, closeouts & select
best-sellers, covering nearly all the
categories we offer from reusable shopping
bags and safe, reusable bottles to lead-free
lunch bags & more.
Limited quantities are available & sale
prices only valid while supplies last - shop
early for the best selection! Click
here to see them all.
Shop for yourself and tell your friends...
Below are a few highlights:
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You pick the winner in our Plastic Bags Blow Photo Contest
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View top 5 finalists online & vote
We chose the finalists, and now you, our
newsletter subscribers, get to choose the
winner. Take
a minute and cast your vote now - voting
closes on July 30th. The winner will be announced
in our next newsletter.
We received tons of great photos that show
the world how badly plastic bags have gotten
out of control. There were lots of the
classic 'plastic chokes nature' shots: bags
caught in trees, strangling flowers, and
polluting our waterways. We also got some
truly creative takes on the theme.
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A MUST SEE - "The Dangers of Plastic Bags" now on YouTube
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A powerful 4-minute video everyone should see - watch and learn why plastic bags are harmful
Late last week, a fantastic slide show
starting to make its way around the internet
caught our eye. Using a potent
combination of facts and images, it
tells the story of plastic bag
over consumption we first laid out at our web
site five years ago. Its short, visual format
provides an incredible tool to educate and
inform.
We liked the slide show so much, we hustled to:
- Convert and post it as an easy-to-view
video on YouTube, opening it up to millions
worldwide.
- Discover who produced it and give them
credit. It turns out to be a fellow
Chicagoan! Vishal Mody - a public school
teacher.
- Share it with you, our 80,000+
newsletter subscribers, and post it in our
Newsroom.
Now it's up to you - please take just 4
minutes to watch
it and help spread the word!
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Back to School? Shop 100+ smart alternatives to brown bagging it
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Lead free lunch bags, BPA free bottles & lots more
"The school gave my daughter an award for
using reusable lunch gear, that was very
cool!" Diane M.
We've been offering a wide range of
sustainable lunch options since 2003 - all
designed to help you save money and natural
resources while keeping wasteful use-and-toss
bags and food containers from our landfills.
In addition to being sustainable, our
products have always been safe, helping
reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals
such as BPA
and lead
in lunch bags.
With our huge range of lunch bags, bottles &
accessories, we make it easy for you to create
eco-friendly lunch kits for your whole
family. From lead-free
lunch bags and kids
lunch bags to handy
food containers,
sandwich
bags, and safe reusable
bottles, we
offer smart options for everyone. Below
are just a few highlights:
"Looking at the lunch bags made me
(almost) wish that I were back in school. Who
knew reusable products could make a person so
giddy... Your customers and the environment
thank you!!" Jenni N.
COMING SOON - Our exciting new collection of
thermal lunch bags Made in the USA &
with insulation from recycled soda
bottles. It's a new addition to our critically
acclaimed ACME BAGS "house brand."
Expected arrival is late August. Newsletter
subscribers will be the first to know when
they're available!
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PRESS: The Seattle Times
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Trendy grocery totes tout eco-chic style - July 2008
In this month's featured
press clip, our founder was interviewed
for a major article that ran nationwide.
"'There's an enormous amount of trendiness
around the reusable-shopping-bag phenomenon,'
said Vincent Cobb, CEO and founder of
www.reusablebags.com, a Web site dedicated to
reducing overconsumption..."
Reusable shopping bags have made the swift
transition from obscure eco-crusader tool to
the new "must-have" fashion accessory &
marketing gimmick of the moment. An
overwhelming range of options popping up
everywhere (ranging from ridiculously
expensive designer bags to el cheapo 99-cent
retailer branded ones). As always our
advice is to slow down & consume wisely -
buy just a few high quality, functional bags
that you'll actually use!
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About us
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Acting as a hub, ReusableBags.com spreads
awareness by educating consumers with facts
on consumption/litter, and provides summaries
of news
articles and trends from around the
world on the global push to reduce plastic
bag consumption. Our
store features a growing
family of smart, earth-friendly products all
designed to help you reduce, reuse and
save™.
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Reasons to shop with us
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We donate 1% of all sales to the
environment
We support fair trade practices
Winner "Green Business of the
Year" Co-Op America People's Choice Award
Member BBBonline
Most orders ship within 24 hrs
No sales tax (except IL)
1000s of product reviews & testimonials
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What customers are saying
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"...what you guys are doing is absolutely
awesome... once again thank you for all your
efforts..." -- Emily M.
"I just wanted to say that I love your
website. I have emailed the address for your
website to friends & Family. It has opened my
eyes... Again thank you for being there and
doing what you're doing." - Rachel L.
"Thank you for a hip, safe alternative to
those toxic plastic sippys!" -- Eve R.
"Love EVERYTHING I've ordered from your
store... I'll be giving them as gifts!" --
Linda S.
"Hey you guys - just wanted to let you know I
was so psyched to see that my order had been
shipped THE day I placed it. You guys are on
it." -- Mel H.
"Love your website, I just green-spammed my
friends with it!" -- Anne L.
"I'm so glad I found you... you have
everything I've been looking for all in one
place!!" -- Amy W.
"Thanks for a wonderful shopping experience.
You make it easier for us to go green." --
Christina S.
"I LOVE every one of your products that we
own... and whenenver I think that I could use
something to make my family's life more
earth-friendly, I go on your website and
there it is!" -- Isabel G.
Read
more customer reviews &
testimonials
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ReusableBags.com in the News
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The Wall Street Journal
"Catalog Critic - Best Overall"
USA Today
"Seriously green. Perfect for the activist"
New York Times
"Taking aim at all those plastic bags..."
San Francisco Chronicle
"ReusableBags.com will be at the forefront of
the coming 'bring your own bag' revolution"
CNN Headline News
"Smart Sacks"
Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC)
"We think your website is terrific"
Chicago
Tribune
"...a great Web site..."
NY Times
Invisible Danger? Parents Look Inside the
Lunchbox
"...many parents are changing their buying
habits to try to protect children from what
they see as dangers." ReusableBags.com
highlighted as source for lead-free and cloth
lunch bags
Center for Environmental
Health
"ReusableBags.com offers several vinyl free
lunchboxes... It is not possible to tell by
appearance whether a vinyl lunch box may
contain lead, so CEH is advising parents to
avoid vinyl lunch boxes altogether..."
Mothering Magazine
"Colorful, earth-friendly alternatives to
brown-bagging it"
Uwire
"A portal for change"
Natural Life Magazine
"...helping battle this growing problem by
offering effective, affordable, high-quality
products"
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