The Easybag Direct

Easybag is the modern, convenient and environmentally sound way to shop. Easybags are made from natural Hessian and recycled plastic. The bags fit most shopping trolleys and baskets which makes your life easier. Easybag Easybag is the modern, convenient and environmentally sound way to shop.

Easybags are made from natural Hessian and recycled plastic. The bags fit most shopping trolleys and baskets which makes your life easier. The unique closing mechanism ensures your goods do not spill in your car and the ergonomic designed handle lets you carry up to 20 Kg with ease.

Easybags can carry printed logos for marketing your organisation or product and are great as fundraisers The Plastic Bag One million plastic bags are being thrown away every minute of the day around the world. And the disposal of used plastic bags is turning into a nightmare for authorities.

In 2005, Australians used more than five billion plastic bags with less than one per cent being re-used by Australian households (ABS, Environmental Issues: Peoples Views and Practices, 4602.0, March 2000). 3.6 billion of the plastic bags Australians use each year are plastic supermarket bags. THE Easybag - THE ECO FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE "Free" plastic bags ultimately cost both consumers and the environment. Plastic bags were introduced 25 years ago and current annual plastic bag consumption rate is now estimated at over 500,000,000,000 (500 billion) globally

. Each year billions of bags end up as ugly litter, much of it in landfills and a great deal of which kills and maims countless land and ocean animals. Plastic bag production is a derivative of the oil industry, oil itself being a non-renewable and non-sustainable energy resource which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. Only 1 to 3 percent of plastic bags are recycled.

The economics of recycling plastic bags is not feasible for small businesses. From the process of sorting to the contamination of inks and problems of storage, most local recyclers cannot handle the vast quantities of bags. If the economics don't work, recycling efforts don't work. Re-use - the ‘Greener’ Choice The Easybag’s unique patented recycled-plastic handles clip together to prevent spills, making it ideal for the family car, great on a bus, train or tram and also for the beach, for boating and for holidaying. It will be re-used again and again, not just for shopping.

The Easybag’s unique design is an attention-grabber and therefore your marketing or branding is more visible and has greater marketing impact. The heavy duty calico used in the The Easybag ensures that the bag has a life expectancy three to four times that of any other calico or polypropylene bag currently available on the Australian market. The Easybag, on average, is re-used 1500 to 2000 times.

The Easybag Product

The Easybag features a unique patented handle which makes it highly functional, distinctive, practical, environmentally-friendly and user friendly: Can be used to pack in the trolley or racks, carries up to 25kg of goods, clips onto the inside or outside of shopping trolleys Elastic sides – one size fits all trolleys, environmentally-friendly product ,fits into current checkout bag racks for store staff to pack, handles clip together to seal top of bag Patent held on handle design and function,tough and long-lasting ,washable natural calico

The Easybag gives retailers the opportunity to stop providing free plastic. Some retailers in Australia have sold their reusable bags to customers during the plastic bag phase-out period and then donated the proceeds from these sales to charity, so customers were educated to change their shopping attitudes.

The positive public relations for such retailers was incredible and they are considered to be market leaders for their environmental stance. 5 steps to using the Easybag:

Transfer shopping from trolley to the conveyer belt at the check-out

Click the Easybag into the shopping trolley Put the shopping into the Easybag

 Push the trolley to the car; lift the Easybag out of the trolley and into the car

Unload the shopping and return Easybag to the car for next shopping trip