Our month-long June theme was the hefty topic of reusable shopping bags. We blogged and blogged bags, and yet there’s so much more we could have blogged. Bags are a big deal. We’ll likely revisit this feature at some point. If you missed any bag goodness, here’s a round-up of all things reusable bags…
The BYOB challenge:
- The challenge kicks off
- First BYOB challenge update
- BYOB Challenge Update!!!
- CHANGE: A Summer Surprise Contest
- Reusable Bag Challenge Update – How Did Your Entire Month Go?
Reusable bag basics and overcoming issues:
- How Many Reusable Bags Do You Need?
- Overcoming Reusable Bag Shyness
- Pros and Cons of String Market Bags
- Reusable Bags & The Self Checkout
- Reusable Bags for Bulk Food Items
- Reusable Bags & Reusable Storage Options for Bulk Food Items
- Polite Ways to Suggest Reusable Bag Use
Get your own bag:
- Reusable Bags with a Message
- My Dream Bag – Haiku Ultimate Messenger/Diaper Bag
- ReJAVAnate Reusable Bags
- Organic Cotton FEED 100 Bags
- The Absolute Last Word in Cute Reusable Totes
- Creative Ways to Score Your Bags
- Flip & Tumble Bag: A Bright Idea
- Make Your Own Long Shopping Bag
- Green Product Review: My New Bags
- My Reusable Bags Review: Organic Cotton Eco-Bags
- What’s Your Favorite Reusable Bag?
- Have You Tried a ChicoBag?
- Review: ChicoBags, a Fun Solution
- Fun Angry Girl Reusable Bags
- Make Your Own Oilcloth Bags
- CarryEco Bags Now Available in the US
- Dream Bag Line Up
- Inexpensive Reusable Grocery Bags
- Olive Smart Reusable Grocery Bags
The why of reusable bags vs. disposable:
- Plastic Bags – Facts & Figures
- Paper Bags Aren’t the Solution
- 17 Ways to Purge Those Plastic Bags
- Where do Unwanted, Unrecycled Plastic Bags Go?
- More Ideas On Recycling Plastic Bags
Bags for kids!:
Other reusable bag ideas:
- A Different Sort of Bag — for Leaves!
- Baskets Instead of Bags?
- Eco Patches for Your Bags
- And the big fat anti tree hugging award of the week goes to…
- Plastic Bags Around Delivered Newspapers
Holy smokes – now that’s a lot of bags. Can you imagine if I went through and found all the bag posts we’ve ever done since this blog started? Wow. I’ll most likely be adding this round-up to the sidebar pages, so later you can find these posts again if you like.










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loved all the links, thank you so much for all this work, I am definatly “steal” some of your ideas!