Cheap Tote Bags are not a solution to the Plastic Bag problems
The Plastic bags are creating a big mess which we all want to solve. But is the cheap tote bags the answer to this plastic problem? After all what are we trying to solve, the feeling of doing nothing about the problem, or the visibility of the problem or the problem itself. An estimate says that an average Canadian household has about 150+ tote bags sitting in their garage. This is their collection of cheap or free tote bags they have collected over time that they forgot to garbage. This does not include how many cheap free promotional tote bags that people throw away almost right away. We at Bombay Bags regularly receive phone calls from prospective customers who want cheap Tote bags for their promotions and they are clearly expecting those bags to be used only 1-2 times. A Cheap tote bag with a usage life of 1-2 times, that is what is driving the volume in the Tote Bags Wholesale market. There is almost nothing as bad for our environment as this cheap tote bag. Even a plastic bag is not as bad as a cheap tote bag. Another major issue with the cheap bag is that they …
