Fat Bottom Bags – Go Green!
Posted by Bryan Lauer, LEED AP in GoGreen on 05-08-2009
This article note was written by Cristi with Fat Bottom Bags
Hi!
I saw your request on Twitter for articles or information of green businesses and I thought I’d write you a little note and let you know about what I’m doing to help the environment.
I make FatBottomBags! They are reusable totes bags and backpacks that I make from “disposable” plastic bags and they were born from my desire to do something positive to help the environment. I was concerned about what to do with the plastic shopping bags that I had at home.
I wanted to find a way to put them to good use and keep them out of the waste stream.
I discovered a technique to use them for crochet projects and developed my own pattern for FatBottomBags!
I started small. First I made several bags for my own use. I got a lot of positive feedback about the bags I was using. People seemed excited by the idea that something useful could be created from this wasted resource!
By using my own reusable bags, I stopped collecting so many of those plastic ones so I began to gather them from friends and neighbors to recycle them. And now I am recycling bags for 15 different families!
I wanted to make a difference for the planet and I am! So far FatBottomBags has saved over 3500 plastic shopping bags from entering the waste stream or worse yet winding up in our oceans.
When we all do our small part we really can change the big picture!
Sincerely,
Christi
