The Green Blog

Repax Offering Free Gift-Wrap for the Holidays!

November 3rd, 2009

Repax Reusable Bags make great gifts for teachers, girl-friends, mothers, grandmothers, corporate gifts, college students, and anyone who wants to Go Green.  Just choose “yes” for gift-wrap on the Buy Now page, then click to type-in a personal message.  Don’t worry, you will not be charged the $2.00 gift-wrap fee for orders through Dec.31, 2009. [...]

Repax Chosen for Idea Village Entrepreneur Challenge ‘10

November 3rd, 2009

We are excited to announce that we will be participating in the 2010 class of the Idea Village Entrepreneur Challenge. Each year, The Idea Village hosts The Idea Village Entrepreneur Challenge (IVEC) to drive economic growth in New Orleans.  This annual program offers local entrepreneurs access to a diverse resource pool of business experts, professional [...]

Repax Reusable Bags at Sacred Heart’s Avenue Marketplace

October 15th, 2009

Repax Reusable Bags  will be avaliable at the  Sacred Heart’s Avenue Marketplace, October 22,2009, from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm. Can’t wait to see you there. Repax Reusable Bags are great Christmas gifts, shop early.

Unlaundered Reusable Bags Teem with Bacteria

September 15th, 2009

Repax reusable bags are washable! Read below why that’s important.
Unlaundered reusable bags teem with bacteria
 
By Lisa Poisso, 05/25/2009 Comments (3) |
Photo credit: tyger_lyllie, flickr
Care for some nice, fresh bacteria with that organic produce? How about some yeast, mold or (shudder) intestinal fecal bacteria? No, that’s not the latest list of horrors from [...]

Repax Reusable Bags at Green Fest

September 15th, 2009

Repax reusable bags participated in Project 3090, an awesome Green Festival held in downtown New Orleans.  Our reusable bags were a big hit with the eco-friendly crowd!  This first ever Green Festival attracted ecology minded groups from all over.  The use of solar power on the stages and biodegradable plates, forks and cups by the food vendors [...]

Why use Repax Reusable Bags?

June 16th, 2009

I’ll tell you why, each Repax reusable bag used can save the planet from thousands of disposable plastic bags. Discarded bags end up in our oceans, polluting our neighborhoods, and in landfills breaking down into small toxic bits contaminating our soil and waterways.

Visual Candy

June 16th, 2009

YouTube is loaded with videos that support reusable bags! Our “Visual Candy” blog provides you with a bunch of my favorite YouTube promotionals, including one narrated by Edward Norton! Watch and enjoy!

Reusable Bags: Paper, Plastic or Something Better

June 12th, 2009

The next time the clerk at your favorite grocery store asks whether you prefer “paper or plastic” for your purchases, consider giving the truly eco-friendly response and saying, “neither.”