The Benefits Of Environmentally-Friendly Retail Bags

Plastic bags are made from petroleum and they are convenient ways to store different things but most of them get thrown off to the dumpsite after one use. In fact, an average Australian throws an average of 300 plastic bags a year. That’s about one plastic bag thrown daily. Unfortunately, it takes about 1,000 years to break down plastic and most dumpsites comprised of about 60% plastic bags. To make matters worse, they are lightweight and they are carried off to different places such as the ocean. Currently, there are more marine animals that die from eating them or being tangled in them.

Although plastics are very convenient, they present a lot of problems to the environment. There are other alternatives to plastic bags including paper bags. However, while paper bags are biodegradable, it requires a lot of energy  for its production and it also promotes deforestation. With more and more people becoming aware of their responsibilities to the environment, retail tote bags used as shopping bags are now regarded as great alternatives to plastic bags.

Using cloth tote bags for shopping come with  a lot of advantages. Reusing cloth shopping bags can help reduce pollution by as much as 19%. Although they may cost more than plastic bags, a lot of consumers love using them because they can also save money in the long run. On the other hand, retail stores also offer promotional bags to their customers as their way of upholding their responsibility to the environment.

The benefits of using promotional bags is not only limited to the welfare of the environment. Since they are stronger than both paper and plastic, they can be used to carry other heavier items such as books and other household items. Promotional tote bags are also used for passive advertising.

Most retail shops give out bags as promotional merchandise to their clients. The promotional bags come with different designs but they are usually decorated with the company logo and other information. A person carrying this kind of promotional merchandise also helps in the advertising of a particular company. A bag that is used as a promotional merchandise helps improve the brand of a particular company. In fact, it can generate thousands of brand impression within a year.

Using bags for promotion is becoming a big industry today. In fact, out of the many promotional products that are available in the market today, cloth bags occupy the top of the market tier. The excellent design and purpose of such promotional products makes it very popular among a lot of people. Eventually, these promotional products will one day replace the use of plastic bags and paper bags altogether.