Why Bag-Strs?
Go Green and do it in Style!

Going green doesn't mean going bland, or boring, or frumpy! The design of Bag-Strs bags lends itself to a fashionable carrier, and the custom, signed artwork creates a one of a kind fashion accessory. These are not mass produced bags. Leslie Hughes is the seamstress who sews the bags and Diane Hutchinson is the artist who creates the artwork on the bags.

Plastic Bag Background

2002 marked the 25th anniversary of the plastic shopping bag. In this short period of time, worldwide consumption has reached an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags per year. This enormous consumption has created several problems, including: large volumes of pollution and wind-blown litter, significant resource consumption (primarily oil), and ultimately all these "free" bags cost both consumers and the environment plenty!

Facts

• Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. BILLIONS END UP AS LITTER EACH YEAR!
• According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks, and wraps are consumed in the U.S. each year.
• Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food.
• Plastic bags don't biodegrade, the photo degrade - breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways and entering the food web when animals accidentally ingest.
• Plastic bags are among the 12 items of debris most often found in coastal clean-ups, according to the nonprofit Center for Marine Conservation.

 

Go to http://www.reusablebags.com to get more facts on this subject.

 

Each high quality reusable shopping bag you use has the potential to
eliminate hundreds, if not thousands,
of plastic bags over its lifetime!

At the End of the Day,
Using Reusable Bags is the Real Answer!