An Earth Day giveaway.

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An easy way to reduce your carbon footprint is to bring your own shopping bags. Let me make it easier still.

Here’s what the winner will receive:

Cold-food bag. This quilted bag is lined with what I think is Mylar and has a zippered top. Put the frozen veggies or ice cream in there and drive home as fast as legally permitted. It has a Dove logo — the ice cream, not the toiletries.

Oversize vinyl bag. Its logo reads “Carry home the better eggs” and has a picture of a couple of cackleberries. This Eggland’s Best bag is apparently made from 100% recycled materials — appropriate for the day.

Pew Charitable Trust bag. This bag promotes SaveAntibiotics.org, an organization looking to phase out the overuse of drugs in animal husbandry. Use it to carry home your meats.

Redplum.com bag. This one is shaped more like a small beach tote. I could see this as a gym bag.

Two foldable bags. One is about the size of a wallet and the other about the size of a playing card. Keep one (or both) in your purse, backpack or briefcase so you never have to realize, “D’oh! I forgot the bags again!” at the checkout counter.

Best-case scenario: Your store gives a 5-cent rebate every time you bring your own bag. I suggest you put those nickels in a jar. After six months, count them and congratulate yourself on being frugal. Or spend the accumulated cash on some ice cream to put in the Dove bag.

To enter:

If you do any (or all!) of these things, please leave separate, additional comments to get credit for each entry.

The deadline is 9 p.m. PST Tuesday, April 24. If I don’t hear back from the winner by Thursday morning, April 26, then I’ll have the random number generator pull another name.

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86 thoughts on “An Earth Day giveaway.”

  1. I actually can’t hand carry regular plastic bags anymore Because of my hands so I need an abundance of totes when I do a big grocery shop. These would be awfully useful.

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  2. would love to have these bags ~~ always, always, always find I am without my reuseables when I stop on the fly to pick up that one thing I’ve forgotten! thanks!

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  3. I have two insulated bags and I use them all of the time! They are fantastic for running errands especially if you are carless.

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  4. Would especially love the wallet-sized foldable bag and the insulated bag. I’m too cheap to buy one and haven’t scored a free one anywhere yet, and with summer coming, this would be perfect, as I walk to get groceries!

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  5. I always chuckle at reminders of childhood – my grandparents always had reusable bags – for laundry, grocery shopping, everything. They got weird looks from strangers.

    Who knew they were ahead of the curve? Thanks for an awesome-as-usual giveaway!

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  6. One of my bags ‘disappeared’ from my cart at Target. My library book tote died. Target ‘ran out’ of their 4/22 bag give away in 15 minutes. Same for Joanne. (Wondering how many they started with??)

    I need more bags.

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  7. I’m a subscriber! thanks for all the great articles. And I Liked you on Facebook too…..I can always, always use more bags. Always appreciate your contests Donna.

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  8. What a great giveaway for Earth Day! If I win, I’m going to buy the ice cream with my nickels-but I don’t think I’ll tell the kids–the Dove is for me! (A few scoops of Unconditional Chocolate and I’m in Heaven!)

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  9. I love reusable shopping bags! I am always collecting them and then giving gifts in them. My goal is to bring less and less of the plastic bags into the house!

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  10. Sorry to hear that you will be giving up this site, Donna. I have enjoyed your political commentary as much as I have appreciated your notes on frugality.

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  11. I also follow you on Facebook. Love reusable bags! Love Target and Price Chopper for giving me money back for using reusable bags!

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  12. I am a firm believer in bring your own bag…however, to say that I always remembered said bags would be a BOLDFACE lie. So, what’s the answer here? Keep a bag or two in both vehicles? Anyone?

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    • @Darlene: Keep a couple of bags in the car, definitely. If you use coupons, keep the folder inside your bag of reusable bags. Hang a bag or two on the same hanger as your coat (this works better in fall and winter, obviously). Keep a folding bag in your purse, backpack or briefcase.

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  13. Cool giveaway! I’m not entering, but just wanted to say “bravo” for suggesting that people bring their own shopping bags. Think about how much material and money we’d all save by reusing!

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