Bulletin Bags offered for free tomorrow. Limited edition Bulletin Bags will be available for free on June 14th at two Shaw’s locations in Southern Maine. The bags will feature the winning design from the first ever Nurture Nature Design Contest.
Bags will be available at Shaw’s in Biddeford from 10 am to 12 pm and at Shaw’s in Scarborough from 1pm to 3pm. Children involved in the contest will distribute the free bags!
Bulletin Bag [.com]- in cooperation with Maine State Representative Ted Koffman (D-Bar Harbor) announces plans to hold a state wide drawing contest for school age kids in Maine. Children will be invited to submit drawings for the contest. The winning design will be printed on 1000 reusable bags which will be given away for free to raise awareness about the problems with paper & plastic bags. The bags are made from a blend of hemp and recycled soda bottles and have a retail value of $9.99. The bags will be paid for by corporate sponsors who care about the environment and support reusable bags.
Whole Foods announces a decision to eliminate single-use plastic bags from all stores by Earth Day 2008. John Richardson from the Portland Press Herald comments on reusable bag stories in Maine, and notes the efforts by Bulletin Bag [.com] to use reusable bags as mobile advertising opportunities.
