What is so special about the lioli bag anyway?

Lioli isn’t just a bag for your groceries, but so much more.

The lioli bag is actually a bagging system, a set of cotton bags thoughtfully designed to help decrease our need for plastic and paper bags.

 
 

The main tote is a nice, roomy shopping bag made out of a light-weight canvas material with a pocket on the front. It measures 16"X14"X7.5" and has 22" long handles. It's a “go anywhere” kind of bag – a library book run; baby gear; Robson Street shoe shopping; the market. The best part about it is that it is not made from plastic like most reusable bags available and you don’t need to feel like a walking billboard for a mass corporation or a chain grocery store.

 
 

We didn't forget about the other bags you need!

You see, somewhere along the path to reusable bags we forgot about those evil clear bags that we use for our produce and bulk items. Hello? That doesn’t make sense. Some of you superstars are bringing back your plastic bags to the stores to use over. Fabulous. I applaud you and keep up the good work. For the rest of us, there is another option which does not involve associating with those wicked (I mean wicked-bad, not wicked-good) little things.

Open the front pocket of the ‘shopping bag' – and magic (not really but I did get your attention) there is a set of six cotton reusable bags, some solid and some net. We call these 'pog-sacs' (as in produce or grain) and they are for your fruits, vegetables, herbs, grains, legumes, nuts… anything that you would normally use a plastic or paper bag. It all makes a whole lot of sense.

And what about you spontaneous sorts that never plan for the quick shop and constantly find yourselves without a bag? Don’t fret; we have the 'no more excuses' bag for you to keep in your purse or even a jacket pocket. It’s a long handled string bag much like ones used by Europeans for decades. It is nice and compact and will hold the equivalent of one grocery store plastic bag. Voila, no more excuses!

 
 

Cotton reusable bags. Pog-sacs... Huh?

The 'pog-sacs' are well constructed, unbleached cotton bags with a drawstring at the top for closing. You can use them over and over and over, and they'll still look great. They are simple and beautiful. You will become addicted to how these bags feel compared to the plastic bags we have been using so mindlessly all of our lives.

Some quick math here to calculate the “green value” of your lioli bag...

The 'tote bag' was designed to hold the equivalent of 3-4 plastic grocery bags. By using this set of bags once a week when you grocery shop you will have saved the equivalent of 10 bags. DID YOU HEAR THAT?!!!! Just you. Once a week. More than 500 bags a year diverted from landfills. And since most of us shop more than once a week that number could easily be 1000. Amazing. If that does not impress you then you are jaded beyond my wildest comprehension.

Coloured lioli bags are made with azo free low impact dyes and all lioli bags are made fair wage/fair labour to help us sleep better at night.

And don’t forget that lioli donates 20% of profits to the David Suzuki Foundation.

 
 
 
 
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