My two cents worth...
I love Mary Lou's idea. The ones at the grocery store are a tad
expensive, and no better in quality.
We also found that the BNA bag this year was also an excellent option
for a dance class bag. Other uses we have found so another bag doesn't
have to be made and purchased:
School bag for an "older" student (We all seem to go back eventually,
don't we?)
Bag for holding books when borrowing/returning/lending from another
library so they don't get damaged in transit
Great shoe/boot transport when there's bad weather
Super bag for the gym
But, my favorite use of all the "swag" as it's called, is for library
promotions such as Law Day. Many of us have held raffles, made up fun
quizzes, had contests, etc., and used those promo items as prizes.
Putting everything to good use gets the vendors' message out, gets our
message out, and gives me hope that it's not all wasteful after all.
Now, if we could just get the vendors' marketing teams to cut back on
the packaging part...
Kelly
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Wilker, Mary Lou
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:11 PM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Conference / Westlaw/ Lexis bags
Finally a great use from all those cloth bags collected from conferences
and Lexis & Westlaw swag -- grocery bags. The trick is to keep them in
your car & remember to bring them into the store whenever your shopping
. Here are some facts about plastic bags that might encourage you to do
so
* About 100,000 whales, seals, turtles and other marine animals
are killed by plastic bags each year worldwide
* About 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide
every year
* Floating plastic bags have been spotted as far north as the
Arctic Ocean to as far south as the southern end of South America
* Plastic bags in drains were identified as major factors in the
severe flooding in Bangladesh in 1988 and 1998
* It takes hundreds of years for plastic bags to breakdown. As
they decompose, tiny toxic bits seep into soils, lakes, rivers, and the
oceans
Hopefully everyone will excuse this slightly off topic post
Mary Lou Wilker
Library Director
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