Our custom water bottle division, Bulletin Bottle [.com], is all new! We’ve been working hard over the past six months to redesign it, and we hope we’ve made it easier to navigate.
Here are five things (out of a ton!) that we love about the new site (if you’ve spent any time at Bulletin Bag [.com] in the past year, you’ll notice some similarities!): Continue reading
Bulletin Bag [.com] is SO excited to announce that Bagamajig is here and ready to ship! The brainchild of our founder, Suzette Bergeron, the Bagamajig carabiner keychain is the handiest reusable bag organizer there is!
For over 10 years (she was an early adopter of the reusable movement, after all!), Suzette tried tons of different ways to organize, store, and use her reusable bags. She ended up making her own, and after a year of testing and refining—Poof—Bagamajig was born!
Right in our backyard last night, exciting things went down at the Portland City Council meeting. City councilors voted to charge a disposable bag fee AND to ban polystyrene food and drink containers. Consumers will be charged a nickel for every paper or plastic disposable bag used, starting April 15, 2015. Continue reading
Kids all over the world make things happen every day. When it comes to plastic bag bans, sometimes the kids’ voices are the loudest.
In York, Maine, a group of high school students are trying to ban plastic bags. Ambitious? Perhaps. But that’s not stopping them from trying to make their hometown the first in the state to successfully enact a ban. Continue reading
Hey, L.A.! Your plastic bag ban hits on January 1…are you ready? No? Well, Bulletin Bag [.com] has you covered! We have a large selection of reusable grocery bags that can be rushed at no charge. This means that in short order, you can have a very powerful marketing tool in your hands to distribute!
Switching to reusable grocery bags is easier than you think! Aside from the environmental benefits, reusable bags make grocery shopping more efficient by requiring fewer trips to and from the car. Reusable bags also rid your home of unruly piles of plastic bags. We applaud you for switching to reusable grocery bags!
Six Tips for a Successful Switch: Continue reading
November 15 has marked America Recycles Day since 1997. It’s the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling in the United States.
But what’s the difference between a recycled item, an item that’s recyclable, and something reusable? The three words are often interchanged, but they shouldn’t be. Continue reading
Last month, we wrote about a draft ordinance in Portland, Maine, to ban plastic bags. While it ultimately didn’t take off here (yet!), it has definitely gotten the community talking.
Local landfill and waste managers are speaking up about the damage that plastic bags are doing at their facilities. Three years ago, we first talked about how plastic bags wreak havoc at recycling facilities. Well, that problem hasn’t gone away. C’mon. You really can’t be surprised.
Even though there is a recycling symbol on plastic bags, and even though modern recycling technology makes it possible recycle almost any household item, plastic bags should not be recycled in your curbside bins. Automated single-stream recycling equipment can’t sort them—even if they don’t blow away first.
The Kentucky House of Representatives has passed a bill that creates an administrative framework for industrial hemp production in Kentucky. The bill passed by an overwhelming 88-4 majority. The Senate concurred in a House floor amendment, 35-1.
Agriculture Commissioner James Comer said, “By passing this bill, the General Assembly has signaled that Kentucky is serious about restoring industrial hemp production to the Commonwealth and doing it in the right way. That will give Kentucky’s congressional delegation more leverage when they seek a federal waiver allowing Kentucky farmers to grow hemp.”
Proponents of the bill cite its potential to help Kentucky’s farmers and bring thousands of jobs to the state, should the federal government lift the ban on the crop.
Plastic grocery bags could soon be a thing of the past in Portland, Maine.
The City Council has formed a workgroup tasked with drafting an ordinance to reduce the use of plastic grocery bags. The group is comprised of people representing Environment Maine, the Maine Restaurant Association, the Maine Audubon Society, and the Maine Grocers Association—as well as local business owners and residents. The group is considering both bag bans and fees.
