Wednesday, January 30, 2008

How to Place Ur Orders?

Simply just drop an email to Alfred & Cherubim at alfredaw11@gmail.com.

Please state the following information in ur email.
  1. Your Name
  2. Your Contact Number
  3. Your Mailing Address
  4. Color Code (Pls refer to the top for the details)
  5. Quantity for Each Color

NO DELIVERY CHARGE NOW!!!

We are now absorbing the posting charges (by normal mail only) for a limited time only!

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Please allow 1 day for us to response to ur orders. We will then send u the necessary payment details. Upon receival of the payment, we will post the Baggu Bags to u within 3 working days. U will be able to receive ur Baggu Bags in about 1 week time.

We would like to thank you for ur orders and ur help in making our Earth a better place. Thanks again!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Benefits of using Reusable Bags

In addition to helping the environment, reusable bags are also:

  • kinder to hands and fingers than plastic carrier bags when filled up and carried as they are better designed for the purpose,

  • can hold twice as many items as conventional plastic carrier bags,

  • have handle straps that can go over the shoulder, leaving both our hands free for other purposes and making it easier for us to carry more,

  • will not burst under the weight of heavy items, and are inexpensive, can be washed and last for years.

Facts about Paper Bags

Paper Bags Are Not a Better Choice

Say using plastic bags is so destructive to our environment, then let’s look for an alternative.

Paper bags? It may not be such a good idea.

Yes, paper bags are made from a renewable source and they are biodegradable. But look at paper bag manufacturing, usage, and even disposal problems, and you will see why they are not a better choice.


Birth: Compared to plastic, making a paper bag:
emits 70% more global warming gasses
creates 50 times more water pollution
uses 4 times more raw materials
consumes 3.5 times more energy

Life: Once used, paper bags are unlikely to be re-used. They tear easily and are made for one time usage.

Source: Australian Government

Facts about Plastic Bags

The petroleum in 14 plastic bags could drive a car a mile.
Plastic bags are made from petroleum, a finite resource. About 2.5 billion plastic shopping bags are used every year. That’s about 2,500 bags used per family per year.


It takes .48 MJ to produce a bag. (MJ stands for megajoule, the amount of energy it takes to heat 3 liters of water to boiling. Three liters is enough to make 12 cups of coffee or tea.) That .48 MJ includes the petroleum that the plastic itself is made from, as well as the petroleum burned as energy in the manufacturing process to make the bag. An average car consumes 4.18 MJ in driving 1 km, or the equivalent of 7 plastic bags. Convert this to miles and you get the equivalent of 14 bags per mile driven.


Think! How many barrels of oil are we throwing away?



Plastic bags are very bad litter.
Plastic bags thrown away as litter, dirty our public places, rivers and canals, and may even clog up drains, and this would lead to stagnant water and mosquito breeding. Plastic bags litter despoils nature trails, beaches and even chokes up mangroves and poses a threat to marine lives.



Just a tiny part from you.
If each family uses one less plastic bag a week, Singapore could save more than 50 million bags each year. By using reusable bags during our shopping trips, we will use fewer plastic bags and help to conserve earth’s resources.



We incinerate plastic bags in Singapore.
Plastic bags are not disposed of at Semakau Landfill. They are incinerated, along with other domestic wastes. Hence, unlike countries that landfill their waste, the non-biodegradability of plastic bags is not a problem in Singapore.

That does not mean that we should use plastic bag excessively! It is a waste of resources.

TAKE ONLY WHAT YOU NEED!


Source: National Environment Agency & Australian Government

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

To prolong the life span of our incineration plants and landfill site, we can help to minimise the waste generated by adopting the waste management hierarchy, ie. the 3Rs - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Reduce - to avoid unnecessary waste generation.
Reuse - to use again.
Recycle - to convert unwanted things into useful and marketable recycled products.


Source: National Environment Agency