Be Green with ENVI

Each time you use our fashion totes over a plastic bag, you are helping better the future of the environment. Here are a few facts about the negative impact plastic bags are having on the environment.

  1. Around 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed around the world; billions ending up as litter every year.
  2. Each person uses around 150 plastic bags each year.
  3. Over one million plastic bags are consumed every minute worldwide.

Over 200,000 plastic check-out bags are dumped in landfills every hour.

Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food.

Plastic bags don’t biodegrade; they break down into smaller toxic bits which contaminate the soil and waterways where animals accidentally ingest them.

Californians use 27.5 billion plastic bags each year – enough to circle the earth over 348 times. (This is equivalent to about 766 disposable plastic bags per person per year.)

- Based on studies of the use of plastic bags in other nations (Australia, Ireland, Taiwan and England)

Here are 10 ways you can become Greener!

  1. Bring your Envi Couture bag to the grocery store instead of using plastic.
  2. Use organic products when possible.
  3. Try to walk and bike places that are close to you rather than taking a car or bus.
  4. Only wash full loads of laundry.
  5. Only do the dishes when the dishwasher is full.
  6. Turn off electronics when not in use.
  7. Use energy efficient appliances.
  8. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
  9. Get electronic bills if possible.
  10. Refuse to take the receipt at the gas station or at an ATM if it is not needed.

You are helping make a difference by shopping with Envi Couture.