Paint Your Own me & you Bag at Raw Canvas in Vancouver, BC

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:36:26 +0000

New custom Belmondo travel bags by me & you…

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:04:51 +0000

Belmondo organic skin care line now offers a travel kit that comes in a hand made me & you… eco bag. http://belmondo.ca/

Reusable Produce Bags (3 Pack) in Recycled Fabric Pouch

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:13:48 +0000

Say “no” to single use plastic produce bags and bring along your own reusable ones instead! We wanted to make it easy for you to carry them and remember them so we put them in a compact pouch made from recycled upholstery fabric. You can help reduce waste with these Convenient, easy to remember reusable produce bags.

Get your set today for only $12.99

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Each pouch is one-of-a-kind! Here is a few for you to look at –

Custom Reusable Bags for City of Vancouver

admin — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:01:02 +0000

Check out this cute garden bag me + you… created for the Green Streets program with the City of Vancouver.

The bags are going to the gardeners who beautify Vancouver’s streets. Thanks Green Streets Gardeners for making our streets green!

Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir spotted with a me + you… bag

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:32:45 +0000

Check out Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, the 2010 Olympic Champions with a cheeky me + you… bag made from a recycled t-shirt.

me + you… is sad. Thrifty Foods is bringing (NOT SEXY) plastic bags back!

admin — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:22:31 +0000

Thrifty Foods has decided to bring plastic bags back into the stores after banning them for 2 years. Customers have been complaining about the paper bags they continued to offer and they did not adopt the reusable bag habit as much as hoped. Is the right answer to bring (not sexy) plastic bags back? Can’t they give it more time and try other ways to inspire customers to bring reusable bags?

What do you think they could do?
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me + you… custom t-shirt bags for Genuine Health. We took their surplus t-shirts they could no longer use and turned them into totes!

admin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:02:11 +0000

Do you have surplus/deadstock t-shirts that no longer have a use? Are they taking up valuable space? Let us recycle them into tote bags for you at a low cost! Contact jenny@meandyou.ca for more info and pricing!

Santa Monica is jumping on the Plastic Ban-Wagon

admin — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:22:28 +0000

Santa Monica approves ban on single-use plastic bags starting in September. Plastic bags will no longer be available at grocery stores, retail shops and clothing stores. Restaurants can still provide plastic bags for takeout though and if you end up forgetting your reusable bag you can purchase a paper bag for .10 cents.

So I ask you Vancouver, when are you going to jump on this Plastic Ban-Wagon?

What is .5 cents worth to you?

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:09:00 +0000

Have you noticed as you are paying for your groceries, that you are being charged .5 cents for each plastic bag? Many stores have this tax in effect and it is meant to go towards an Environmental Initiative. I think it is a step in the right direction for two reasons; it makes us think twice about taking a plastic bag, and if the money goes towards inspiring a plastic bag free world then Yipeee! I read an article recently in the National Post saying:

Several major grocery chains have reported a dramatic drop in the number of bags distributed since the bylaw came into effect in 2009, but critics have blasted the tax, the proceeds of which can go entirely to retailers. The city encourages the money be given to community or environmental initiatives, but can’t force businesses to do so.

Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/30/ford-seeking-to-abolish-plastic-bag-tax/#ixzz1AwOUPQUv

I asked Shoppers Drug Mart where the money is going and this is what they said:

“Hi Jenny. A portion of the money we collect goes to support the Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women’s Cancers while the remaining funds are reinvested into our energy management and waste diversion programs.”

What is the real cost of a plastic bag? They end up in the landfill, the last for up to 1000 years, they are made from Petroleum.

So to everyone out there getting plastic bags what do you think of the 5 cent tax? To all of the retailers charging the tax where is the money going?

Would love to hear from you!

Recall on Cheap Reusable Bags on Health Canada Website

admin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:25:27 +0000

ok, so first we try and get off plastic bags and now we have to get off the cheap reusable bags that are mass produced overseas.

Lululemon and Sears have now issued a voluntary recall on their bags due to high lead levels.

Let’s all do the right thing this time and support better made bags for me + you…

Read below the Health Canada recall on the Sears Canada Bags.

http://cpsr-rspc.hc-sc.gc.ca/PR-RP/recall-retrait-eng.jsp?re_id=1235