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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wright Choice Promotions Joins Phoenix Green Chamber of Commerce
We are pleased to announce that we have joined the Phoenix Green Chamber of Commerce. We look forward to being a part of thier organization which links green-minded businesses together.
Monday, October 26, 2009
New Fax Number
Wright Choice Promotions is proud to announce our new ELECTRONIC fax number…
866-711-2470
The new fax number was established in an effort to better serve our clients. The electronic faxes do not require the use of paper for printing. Rather, they come across as emails on the computer, and are more environmentally friendly!
We will be phasing out the old fax number over the next few months.
Thank you for your cooperation.
866-711-2470
The new fax number was established in an effort to better serve our clients. The electronic faxes do not require the use of paper for printing. Rather, they come across as emails on the computer, and are more environmentally friendly!
We will be phasing out the old fax number over the next few months.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Consumer Report on Reusable Shopping Bags
When it comes to choosing the perfect reusable shopping bag, the options can sometimes overwhelming. Wright Choice Promotions will help youpick the right bag to represent your business. We can provide technicalinfo on our bags as well as actual samples for you to test.
Keep reading to find out which shopping bags Consumer Report preferred!
The following is an archived version of a report that appeared inMay 2009 Consumer Reports Magazine.
The Environmental Protection Agency says 3.8 million tons of plastic bagsand wrap and 720,000 tons of paper bags ended up as waste in 2007. You caneasily keep bags out of landfills and incinerators by bringing your own tothe supermarket. To point you toward good choices, we tested eight bags soldby national chains and regional stores (usually near the checkout line).Most cost $1 or less. Many other choices are out there, including tote bagsyou might already own.
The Consumer Reports National Research Center also conducted a nationallyrepresentative survey of 1,000 households to assess Americans’ use of andattitudes toward reusable shopping bags. Among the findings: 61 percent ofrespondents use only grocery-supplied bags. But among those who don’t usetheir own bags, about a third would consider doing so and might thereforebenefit from the findings below.
What our tests found
Strength
We filled each bag with 28 pounds of packaged flour and tomato cans, toppedoff with a 2-pound weight. A mechanical arm lifted the bag by its handlesoff the floor a few inches, then set it down again, and repeated that action500 times. All bags survived intact.
Size
Trader Joe’s bag has the smallest capacity, about 0.6 cu. ft., and WholeFoods’ A Better Bag has the largest, about 0.9 cu. ft. Most of the testedbags measure about 0.7 cu. ft. All can hold much more than the throwawayplastic bags they replace. Bear in mind that bigger may not be better,because the contents can become quite heavy.
Leaking
We poured a tablespoon of milk into each bag, and most contained the leak tosome extent, except for the Walmart bag, which leaked like a sieve. WholeFoods’ A Better Bag worked like a magic trick: The milk disappeared insidethe lining, where it could eventually have created a sour odor. The A&P bagand the Whole Foods Foldable Tote were especially good at repelling leaks.
Washing
The five bags with care instructions specify hand-washing, and all eightbags survived that fine. During machine-washing, some faded slightly orshifted shape.
What our survey found
When asked the usual checkout question, most Americans say “plastic.” Of allrespondents, 80 percent use grocery-supplied plastic bags at leastoccasionally; 34 percent, grocery paper bags; about 40 percent, cloth,string, or laminated bags of their own, for which most spent less than $2.Almost half of all respondents use more than one type of bag. The good newsis that 94 percent of respondents using grocer-supplied paper or plasticbags told us they reuse them (to line wastebaskets, say, or pick up after apet).
Bottom line
Any of the $1 point-of-purchase bags we tested are good alternatives to theusual paper or plastic bags; the $4 tote is useful if you want a less bulkybag. You might already have other good alternatives sitting in closets. Andit may be easier to choose a reusable bag than to use it: Forty-four percentof respondents said they forget to take it to the market more than once amonth; 39 percent said they almost never forget. Here’s a tip we heard fromshoppers: Consider stowing bags in your car.
Keep reading to find out which shopping bags Consumer Report preferred!
The following is an archived version of a report that appeared inMay 2009 Consumer Reports Magazine.
The Environmental Protection Agency says 3.8 million tons of plastic bagsand wrap and 720,000 tons of paper bags ended up as waste in 2007. You caneasily keep bags out of landfills and incinerators by bringing your own tothe supermarket. To point you toward good choices, we tested eight bags soldby national chains and regional stores (usually near the checkout line).Most cost $1 or less. Many other choices are out there, including tote bagsyou might already own.
The Consumer Reports National Research Center also conducted a nationallyrepresentative survey of 1,000 households to assess Americans’ use of andattitudes toward reusable shopping bags. Among the findings: 61 percent ofrespondents use only grocery-supplied bags. But among those who don’t usetheir own bags, about a third would consider doing so and might thereforebenefit from the findings below.
What our tests found
Strength
We filled each bag with 28 pounds of packaged flour and tomato cans, toppedoff with a 2-pound weight. A mechanical arm lifted the bag by its handlesoff the floor a few inches, then set it down again, and repeated that action500 times. All bags survived intact.
Size
Trader Joe’s bag has the smallest capacity, about 0.6 cu. ft., and WholeFoods’ A Better Bag has the largest, about 0.9 cu. ft. Most of the testedbags measure about 0.7 cu. ft. All can hold much more than the throwawayplastic bags they replace. Bear in mind that bigger may not be better,because the contents can become quite heavy.
Leaking
We poured a tablespoon of milk into each bag, and most contained the leak tosome extent, except for the Walmart bag, which leaked like a sieve. WholeFoods’ A Better Bag worked like a magic trick: The milk disappeared insidethe lining, where it could eventually have created a sour odor. The A&P bagand the Whole Foods Foldable Tote were especially good at repelling leaks.
Washing
The five bags with care instructions specify hand-washing, and all eightbags survived that fine. During machine-washing, some faded slightly orshifted shape.
What our survey found
When asked the usual checkout question, most Americans say “plastic.” Of allrespondents, 80 percent use grocery-supplied plastic bags at leastoccasionally; 34 percent, grocery paper bags; about 40 percent, cloth,string, or laminated bags of their own, for which most spent less than $2.Almost half of all respondents use more than one type of bag. The good newsis that 94 percent of respondents using grocer-supplied paper or plasticbags told us they reuse them (to line wastebaskets, say, or pick up after apet).
Bottom line
Any of the $1 point-of-purchase bags we tested are good alternatives to theusual paper or plastic bags; the $4 tote is useful if you want a less bulkybag. You might already have other good alternatives sitting in closets. Andit may be easier to choose a reusable bag than to use it: Forty-four percentof respondents said they forget to take it to the market more than once amonth; 39 percent said they almost never forget. Here’s a tip we heard fromshoppers: Consider stowing bags in your car.
Skype us!
In order to better serve our international clients we are now on Skype. Our SkypeIn is “ecopromos”. You can use Skype to talk with any other Skype user for free! We welcome our domestic clients to try it out as well. Let’s have a video call!
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