- Stylish and discreet, small enough to pop in your daybag, ample enough to load up with all your shopping!
Our very own bag lady
Posted on August 28, 2007 by Ailbhe Phelan
Ailbhe writes: I was really excited recently to come across www.reusablebags.com We like to think of ourselves as ‘green’ – and that’s just not because of the Irish members of the team – and this site seems to provide the answer to the perennial ‘plastic bag’ dilemma. You know how it is: you care about the environment and are obsessive about recycling. But do you really want to be seen out shopping with a fading recycled plastic carrier bag? Just how many outings can you get from your lovely eau-de-nil Fortnum & Mason bag? Well, quite a lot actually (they’re good quality bags) but once it’s gone, your Morrisons carrier just isn’t the same. Yes, I know that is sooo ‘designer-thinking’ but hey, we care about how everything looks and works. After all, that’s our bag, if you pardon the pun…
This site sells the most wonderful recyclable bags and I’ve already ordered and received some ACME Workhorse Style 1500 bags, which roll up to a teeny weeny size and are as light as a feather. My favourite is the Burnt Orange but for the purists among you the Black looks pretty good too. What’s more, the handle is very comfortable to use and it’s designed to fit over supermarket checkout frames. Anyway, who wouldn’t want a bag with a label which has ‘ACME’ written on it? (Images of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote flash in my head). Brilliant.