We all know that we should cut down on plastic bag usage, but how many times have you forgotten to take your Reusable Shopping Bags with you?

A Reusable Shopping Bag is now available that is convenient, robust, stylish and practical. Most shoppers require a number of reusable shopping bags for the weekly shop. Some of the reusable shopping bags have a small carrying capacity and/or do not fold away into a compact space.

Footprint Bag have addressed all these issues with their robust, stylish and practical Reusable Shopping Bags. Available in a singles, 4-Pack and 8-Pack combinations, with a range of colour options.

Companies and organisations are looking to express their commitment to reducing waste, therefore Footprint Bag have launched a promotional gift item so the branding can be included onto every bag. For more information have a look at Reusable Bag Promotional Gift.

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what Rachel Elnaugh - Dragon’s Den said

“Fantastic, well thought through design … addressing the real consumer need to find an alternative to the wastage and environmental damage caused by disposable plastic bags.”

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Plastic carrier bags are harming the environment, both on land and at sea. The introduction of reusable bags that are stylish, practical and robust means that plastic bags can be eradicated for good.

Reusable bags can replace the plastic bag for the weekly shop, but they can also can be used for carrying items on holiday and out in the country. Footprint Bag have launched a “100 Reasons not to use Plastic Bags” initiative that is aimed at raising the profile of Resuable Bags as a viable alternative to plastic bags.

Have a look at the FootPrint Bag website and send us your reason why Plastic Bags should not be used.  If your reason is published, you will receive a 25% discount voucher against your next purchase.

Have a look at our current list:

100 Reasons not to use Plastic Bags

Note, we have a sense of humour, but will not publish any offensive or inappropriate suggestions.

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Footprint Bag are compiling a list of reasons why we need to get rid of the large amounts of plastic bags that are being used, and thrown away thereby damaging the environment.

Footprint Bag are taking a proactive role in campaigning for the the reduction of plastic bags, but realise there must be a practical alternative before a step change will occur in reducing plastic bag usage.

We are interested to hear your reasons why plastic bags should be reduced. You reason may make it onto our “100 Reasons to get rid of Plastic Bags” list which will be used to raise awareness of this issue.

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I read with interest an article on the reduction of plastic bags within large retailers by charging a nominal fee for each plastic bag.

This is a step in the right direction, but the overall percentage reduction means there is still a long way to go. Hence, the focus must be to reuse bags whenever possible and put the emphasis on that, rather than using less plastic bags, as this does not address the problem head on.

Many initiatives have sprung up, namely:

- Make a charge for plastic bags, a small deterent, but when faced with a large trolly of shopping, guess what happens.
- Bag for life, strong plastic bags, but how many times can they really survive a fully loaded family shop?
- Natural fibre, addresses the Eco element but again the cost of ownership over 3 years will surprise many people.
- Reusable Bags, some are nylon based so appear not to be Eco friendly, but looking over the life of the bag, scores very highly.

So why have reusable bags not caught on?

1. An individual reusable bag can vary from £1 to £8.
2. They tend  not to be practical, in terms of  giving enough carrying capacity, at an affordable price.
3. Lots of single bags are difficult to store, the outer sheath can easily be misplaced.
4. Some of the bags are not considered to be stylish, therefore do no foster a positive attitude to using them.
5. Some of the bags cannot be folded away compactly, which is a problem when you need more than one.

Footprint Bag was designed to address the reusable shopping bag problems of price, style, robustness, and compactness. So the end of the plastic bag cannot come soon enough.

For more information visit: Footprint Bag

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Reusable shopping bag grows in popularity, plastic bags.. your days are numbered! www.footprintbag.com .

At last a stylish alternative to the plastic bag is available, that is both robust, practical and easy to use.

Footprint Bag have a range of resuable shopping bags to cater for all shopping requirements.

Postage is free at the moment, so say goodbye to plastic bags.

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UK consumers use an estimated 10 billion plastic bags a year - that’s 167 per person according to DEFRA and every single plastic bag you have used in your lifetime hasn’t broken down yet. There are all still out there on the landfills - or even worse in our country sides!

A convenient alternative to the single use plastic bags was missing and this why we have designed the FootprintBag packs. For some people it might look as we are replacing one plastic bag with another. But you can’t oversimplify natural vs. synthetic fabrics for bags. We have researched potential materials very carefully before we opted for the ripstop polyester. We have experimented with natural products but we didn’t end up with an end product that would work. In order to justify our decision you have to look at other factors as well – like the design and lifecycle of our bags.

We wanted to design something that is neat and compact so it fits into a woman’s handbag or a car glove compartment. So there is no excuse to forget it on your shopping trips. In order to end up with a compact overall size our shopping bags had to fold up and fit into tiny interior pouches.

I agree with all the environmentalists out there, the best reusable bags are organic cotton carriers. But you have to be very committed to always bring numerous bulky cotton bags to your shopping trip and unfortunately not all people are. Due to the thickness of cotton, this material didn’t suit our design.

Our research showed that most people that want to do their bit for the environment are confronted with the following problem: If they remember to bring bags to the supermarket, they either end up with too many or not enough. In the later case they keep on adding to the collection of reusable bags lying at home. Our main concern is offering reusable bags that people will actually use. You will probably agree that a growing mountain of reusable bags that never leave your home isn’t good for the earth!

We strongly believe if people have a compact pack of multiple bags it is easier for them to reuse and therefore we can convert more people to do so. We have customer feedback saying that since they have a FootprintBag pack they have not once been short of reusable bags on my shopping trip and therefore there was no need to pick up a disposable plastic carrier or to pay for yet another reusable bag at the checkout point.

No system is perfect, and reusable bags do have an impact on the environment, but it is significantly less than that of disposable bags. Our bags have the potential to replace thousands of plastic bags in its lifetime. The only way this is possible is to construct it from durable, high quality material such as ripstop polyester.  FootprintBags are made very well and are long-lasting and are therefore a one-off purchase.

It is our strong belief that with a convenient multipack more people will decide to use reusable shopping bags. The end result is a huge net positive impact on the environment.

If you would like to know more about our innovative Eco Shopping Bag please visit Footprint Bag.

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FootPrint Bag, the supplier of Eco reusable shopping bags launches it’s new Footprint Bag Webshop and Footprint Bag Blog.

Footprintbag was formed by two driven women who care for the environment. The inspiration for the business stemmed from the move of nearby Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire, to become plastic bag free. This achieved nationwide publicity and sparked the beginning of an idea.

New launch offers : check out our webshop now at Footprint Bag.

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