Saturday, February 5, 2011

GreenTime Bags Review and Giveaway! - CLOSED!



As a mom, I worry about throwing away too many plastic bags. I want our planet to be in good condition when my children are grown. Using reusable sandwich and snack bags is a great way to reduce how many plastic baggies we are throwing away. I recently ran across a company that makes reusable snack and sandwich bags called GreenTime Bags! I was given a reusable snack bag and a reusable sandwich bag as pictured below to review. The bags have a nylon and eva liner on the inside that can be wiped clean. You fold the top down to close with velcro so that your food stays fresh. Bella loves taking her sandwiches and snacks to school in her GreenTime Bags! I love the fact that I don't have to buy as many sandwich/snack bags and the fact that we are throwing less away. GreenTime Bags is a product that this Thrifty Mommy loves! GreenTime Bags has many cute designs to choose from too!!!

More About GreenTime Bags:


One day almost three years ago my 10 year old daughter and I started realizing how plastic affected the environment and how much we were using and throwing away, we decided that something needed to be done and we needed an alternative to plastic baggies.



I did love how convenient and how fresh plastic bags kept my food. I wanted to create a bag that was safe, reusable, convenient, easy to care for, could hold wet snacks and would keep the items fresh for over 24 hours so I could pack lunches the night before.



After much research and testing for a safe lining and a lining that performed the way I needed it to, I discovered nylon and eva fabric.



The Greentime reusable snack and sandwich bags were created.



Since we love the products so much and use them all of the time, we wanted to share them with you. We feel great knowing that we are doing something to help the earth and the future. Whenever I sell something my daughter gets so excited! Not just because it lets her mom continue to stay at home to work but because somebody else is helping the environment. She loves that! We both want to say thank you very much!




Here are some facts about plastic bags:




Did you know that one trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year? A person uses about three to four plastic bags for their lunch every day, about 1,000 each year. Every year Americans throw away about 100 billion plastic bags, which is equivalent to 12 million barrels of oil! Only one percent of plastic bags are recycled because it is too costly. It takes 1,000 years for plastic to break down since they are not biodegradable. Nearly 100,000 marine animals and sea animals, and 1 million birds die each year from eating or getting tangled in plastic. If everybody gradually eliminates their use of plastic, people will see that little changes can make a big difference.




BUY IT:

You can purchase GreenTime Bags here.

WIN IT:

One lucky Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy reader will win GreenTime Bags! (US Residents Only)

You MUST be a follower of Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy via Google Friend Connect (located at the right) for your entry to count. And you MUST include your email address with each entry.

Mandatory Entry:

Follow Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy via Google Friend Connect. Visit GreenTime Bags and leave a comment of which bag design is your favorite.

That's all you have to do! But, if you'd like to receive extra entries you can:

-Like GreenTime Bags on Facebook here. (1 entry, include your ID)

-Follow GreenTime Bags on Twitter here. (1 entry, include your ID)

-Like Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy on Facebook here. (1 entry, include your ID)

-Follow Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy on Networked Blogs. (1 entry, include your ID)

-Follow Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy on Twitter here. (1 entry, include your ID)

-Tweet this giveaway. (1 entry daily, include the link)

-Enter another Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy giveaway. (1 entry for each giveaway entered)

-Post the Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy button (located at the right) on your blog. (5 entries, leave me a link)


Please include your email address with EACH entry. If you don't have your email attached to your comment, I won't be able to contact you if you win! Post a separate comment for each entry (if it says 3 entries, post 3 separate comments.)

This giveaway ends February 19, 2011 at 11:59 pm. Good luck!

* Lucky winner or winners will be selected through True Random Number Generator.* If your profile page does not show your email address, please include your email address in your comment. For example: adventuresofathriftymommy@gmail.com -- so that I may get in touch with you if you are selected as the giveaway winner. * Each giveaway winner has 48 hours to respond to my email about getting the awesome giveaway prize to him/her. If the winner does not reply to my email within 48 hours, I will choose another winner using the True Random Number Generator. * I do contact each winner via email

Disclosure: I received the products mentioned above for this review. No monetary compensation was received by me. This is my completely honest opinion above and may differ from yours. Because I do not directly ship most giveaways from my home, I cannot be held liable for lost or not received products.

106 comments:

April said...

I like the butterflies design and I follow on GFC

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April said...

I like you on FB
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April said...

I follow you on twitter
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Davina said...

I love the choose the team colors idea! That way my husband would use them for his lunch.
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Davina said...

I like you on FB
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I follow you on NB
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Christie said...

I follow through GFC and love the colorful circles bag

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Christie said...

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Barker's Momma said...

Follow you via GFC. (Leann)
I love the monkey reusable sandwich bag.

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Anonymous said...

I follow your through GFc and I love Colorful Circles Reusable Sandwich Bag, it's my fav!~


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Anonymous said...

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auntietina said...

I am a follower on GFC, and I really like the Russian Floral design.
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cw said...

I like the candy dots design
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entered socks4life
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erin.nicole said...

I follow you via GFC. My favorite design is the Flowers On White Reusable Sandwich Bag!
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erin.nicole said...

I follow GreenTime Bags on FB-erin brady
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erin.nicole said...

I follow GreenTime Bags on twitter-@bradywadie14
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Christie said...

I entered the Brilliant Screen giveaway

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Hifam said...

I follow with gfc (psychdog) and my favorite pattern is the Apples And Pears.
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Hifam said...

I follow them on twitter (hifam).
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Candice said...

I like the skulls

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Anonymous said...

follow gfc
love the russian floral design
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Anonymous said...

entered socks for life giveaway

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entered juno company giveaway

Tawnya said...

I follow via GFC!
I like the Decorate Your Own Reusable Sandwich Bag!
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I like you on FB as Tawnya S!
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kmogilevski said...

Follow you through GFC (katie, kmogilevski)
Fave design: Think Spring
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Christie said...

I entered the Smart Mom giveaway

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I entered the Barefoot giveaway

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carole said...

I like the bubbles sandwich bag
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Candice said...

Entered Barefoot Books

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maryjaco1 said...

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lewalk said...

I love the Colorful Circles but I think I would choose the Golf bag for my dad who takes his lunch to work every day.

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lewalk said...

Like Green Time Bags on FB.

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And follow them on Twitter.

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And on Twitter.

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Unknown said...

Already a follower on GFC

I like the Colorful Circles design!

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Already like Adventures of a Thrifty Mommy on FB as schkinner saves

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I like GreenTime Bags on FB as Schkinner Saves

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I entered Kid Safety Band

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