GreenSmart Bottles To Bags Giveaway!

Do you ever wonder what happens to all those plastic bottles that you recycle? What are they being recycled into? GreenSmart is one company that is taking those recycled bottles and turning them into cool bags! The process of turning a used water bottle into a bag is quite interesting and you can read all about it here. (This might be used for an extra entry!)

In 1995, Tom and Debbie Larsen founded bag company Shoreline. At that time, there were no options for eco-friendly materials or fabrics. However in 2007, with recycled materials now readily available, they committed to converting all items they make to green material composition. Now they have a great selection of eco-friendly bags: laptop jackets, sleeves and messenger style laptop bags and also totes and shoulder bags.

All fabrics used for the GreenSmart Bottles 2 Bags are derived from certified 100% post-consumer recycled PET water and soda bottles. If you are wondering, PET is plastic #1. The inside of each bag has a bright green lining imprinted with their recycle logo, to remind you of your green purchase. And a cool feature in their store is they will tell you how many bottles were used to make the bag. For example, the Horizontal Messenger Bag uses 30 bottles which saved energy equal to 236 laptop hours. As of October 2008 GreenSmart Bottles 2 bags had used 555,169 16oz PET bottles which saved 369 million Btus. That's equal to 4.3 million laptop hours!

Shop
In honor of the 39th annual Earth Day, GreenSmart is running an Earth Month promotion and offering a discount promo for 39% off any order. That is a HUGE savings!! The promo code is KZ39MX and it is good through May 1, 2009.

Win
GreenSmart is generously awarding one winner a laptop jacket or sleeve of their choice. (I am so jealous by the way, I want one!)

***GIVEAWAY CLOSED***

This giveaway is open to US Residents 18+ only and will end on Sunday, May 3rd at 11:59pm EST. One winner will be chosen at random using Random.org. Winner has 48 hours to claim their prize otherwise a new winner will be picked. You must leave your e-mail address in your comment(s) so I can contact you. I will not share your e-mail address with anyone, it will strictly be used to notify you if you win. Good luck!