Bags of ideas for using eco friendly bags
How to make the most of your reusable bag
Here are some of the ways our customers use their Go Green Reusable bags.
As well as being practical, an eco friendly bag shows you care, is a great marketing tool, raises awareness, and is ideal for fundraising.
Markets, box schemes, delis. and farm shops
Customers will take your own logo bag to the supermarket, a walking advertisement for your business and for local trade.
Our insulated bags are ideal for fresh produce and and make a great alternative to veggie box deliveries.
Fish & chips and fast food outlets
Our insulated bags are proving a huge hit with fish & chip shops.
Chosen by Atlantic Fast Foods, UK Fish & Chip shop of the year 2010, and many more award winning outlets.
“...a reusable bag which is not only good for the environment but also help maintain the quality of the fish and chips“.
Download our FREE chip shop poster
Visit our NEW fish and chip shop page
Retail Outlets
Want to go green, but not really sure how?
- Initiate a customer loyalty scheme by giving a free bag with purchases
- Choose from shopping bags, cool bags, bottle bags or sandwich/coffee bags
- The best value "walking advertisement" on the High Street
"Go Green Bags are a pleasure to work with. They're professional, punctual and great value for money. We're more than pleased with the end product".
Eeva Harryman
Heals
Libraries and book shops
Our heavy weight bags are ideal for libraries and come with a base board for added strength.
And our favourite slogan, from Dumfries & Galloway: – “Local libraries, recycling for over 100 years”
Open days - a basic tote bag is ideal for students
Schools, nurseries and voluntary groups
Over 200 schools and nurseries have used Go Green Bags for an enterprise/eco project and for fundraising.
Run your own Eco School/Enterprise Project
Plastic Bag Free Towns
Banchory in Aberdeenshire has been at the forefront of the "plastic bag free" campaign.
http://banchoryagainstplastic.wordpress.com/
How to start your own plastic bag free campaign
Charities/Fundraising
Eco bags are the ideal answer to your fundraising needs - earn cash and raise awareness at the same time.
Bransby Home of Rest for Horses chose 3 bags for their gift catalogue. A standard shopper, a large cool bag and a small cool bag - ideal as a lunch bag.
Visitor Attractions, holiday parks, marinas
A great value souvenir or as part of an incentive programme.
A Go Green Bag will be used long after visitors have enjoyed their day out and will be a perfect ”walking advertisement” for your attraction.
Sutton Harbour use their bags to encourage visitors to recycle.
Government Initiatives
Healthy eating schemes, food programmes, education.
What better way to reinforce the message than with a Go Green Bag.
Breweries and wine shops
Our new promotional wine bags with foldable dividers are also proving very popular - ideal for general shopping as well as bottles.
Exhibitions and Conferences
Delegates now expect a goodie bag and eco minded organisers are turning to environmentally friendly alternatives.
We can accommodate a number of sponsor logos in the print.
Laundries & Dry Cleaners
It's time to ditch the polythene covers and move to an eco-friendly alternative. We have developed a range of "green" products for Textile Care Supplies, suppliers to the dry cleaning sector.
Duvet bags available from Textile Care Supplies
Wales Bag Tax
From 1st October most retailers and businesses in Wales will have to start charging 5p for every single use plastic bag.Customers will bring their own re-usable bags to your shop, so make sure it is your logo that is being carried around.We have been supplying bags to The Healthy Food Co-op programme for the past 3 years, so they are well prepared.
"Thank you for your help over the past few years. It must be good to know the green bags are being used all in communities throughout Wales" Martyn Gray, Welsh Assembly Govt.
For further details of the 300 food co-ops http://www.ruralregeneration.org.uk
