Act2GreenSmart Recycled Bags Product Review & Giveaway

by Julie Northrop

I recently made an announcement to my family…NO MORE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES! They are costly little buggers and no matter what anyone says, they do not add “style” to our home decor. So this year I bought us all safe reusable water bottles and we’re drinking from the tap. It’s amazing how clutter-free my kitchen counter is now and we’re saving a about $30 a month.

We’re making a difference now, but what about all the plastic water and soda bottles that have already been recycled? There is a company using recycled PETA plastic bottles to make some very cool green products. Act2GreenSmart makes laptop sleeves, laptop jackets, messenger bags, totes, shoulder pouches and shoulder bags. Yes, bags made from recycled PETA plastic water and soda bottles. If you have a moment be sure to pop over to their website and check out how they make these fabulous products. While you’re there be sure to visit their About Us page and learn more about their commitment to improving the global community.

Act2GreenSmart was kind enough to send me a package which contained one of their Shoulder Pouches and one of their Vertical Messenger Bags. I had but a moment to admire them before my 14 year old daughter exclaimed “What are these?” and ran off with the Shoulder Pouch saying “This will be perfect for my newspaper class!” She came back a while later to show me how she could fit all her essentials needed for conducting campus interviews and that she couldn’t wait to show her classmates what can be made from plastic bottles. Her high school is working hard to educate students about living green and why it’s important to recycle. The Shoulder Pouch comes in Storm Blue or Olive, has rubber inserts on the zipper pulls and a convenient and easy to use magnetic snap for the front flap.

Here is some info from their website:

Stylish and resourceful. For everyday. With removable shoulder strap, magnetic closures, exterior zipper pocket, foldout pocket, main compartment with interior pocket, too.
Exterior Fabric: 450d 100% rPET polyester
Interior Fabric: 150d 100% rPET polyester
Shoulder Pouch Dimension: 7” x 5.5” x 1.5”
Shoulder Bag Dimension: 9.5” x 8” x 2.5”

I have a laptop that I either lug around with me or I put it in this massive backpack, so when I put my laptop in the Messenger Bag I was thrilled that it was compact and light, yet has all kinds of compartments for me to store other goodies like a notepad and pen. It’s amazing that this product is made from recycled plastic water and soda bottles. It comes in either Stone or Olive, has a wide black shoulder strap and the material seems very durable.

Some more info from their website:

This messenger is padded for your laptop, has easy access pockets under the flap, a divided interior, a zip pocket in the back and magnetic flap closures. Both styles easily hold up to a 15.4” Laptop. Even has a handle to make carrying off your shoulder easier.
Exterior Fabric 600d 100% rPET polyester
Interior Fabric 150d 100% rPET polyester
Vertical Messenger Dimension: 17” x 11” x 5”
Horizontal Messenger Dimension: 15” x 18.5” x 5”

Pretty cool stuff right? Well, Act2GreenSmart is generously donating two products from their website to two lucky giveaway winners.

GIVEAWAY: Two winners will choose any one product from Act2GreenSmart’s website.

TO ENTER:

Visit Act2GreenSmart, choose a product you’d like if you won, what color and how many 16 oz. bottles are used to make the product, then leave a comment with that info by midnight, September 6th
Must have a valid email address within the United States (no International entries please)
I will choose a random winner and post it on September 7th
Winner has 4 days to claim prize

Earn extra entries by:

Subscribing to my RSS Feed via email or reader
Blog about this giveaway
Subscribe to Act2GreenSmart’s President’s Blog
Add the Free Birthday Treats button to your site (grab it from upper left sidebar)

Be sure to leave an additional comment for each extra entry to make sure you’re entered correctly.

I don’t want anyone missing out here, so be sure to leave a way to contact you in case your the winner.

Good luck to everyone!

Julie Sig

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89 comments

1 Megan { 09.02.08 at 2:40 pm }: Great idea! I like the storm blue shoulder bag. It took 10 bottles to make the bag.
2 christopher h { 09.02.08 at 2:48 pm }: i like the horizontal messenger bag, in stone. it used 30 bottles to create.
3 Sarah Burns { 09.02.08 at 4:27 pm }: Ooh, great giveaway! I’d love the laptop jacket in storm blue. It took 13 bottles to make it.

Yay for going plastic free!
4 Karen { 09.02.08 at 6:00 pm }: I like the vertical messenger bag which took 23 bottles to make - stone color.
5 Lynne Clark { 09.02.08 at 7:19 pm }: I love the olive tote bag that took 10 bottles to make!
6 Gaye McGill { 09.02.08 at 7:22 pm }: What a great company. I’m impressed by how attractive their products are. I’d choose the horizontal messenger bag in stone (#21285). It too 30 16-oz bottles to make. Wow!
7 Merton Wiepert { 09.02.08 at 7:24 pm }: The horizontal bag in stone is awesome and would be a conversation starter for sure. It takes 30 bottles to make.
8 Kelly Lauber { 09.02.08 at 7:26 pm }: As an employee of a top company that takes sustainability to a new level…these totes are wonderful. The olive horizontal messenger bag shows what can be done with 30 16 oz. bottles besides hold water!
9 Susanne Troop { 09.02.08 at 8:08 pm }: I like the Tote Bag…it takes 10 bottles to make!
10 Donna Kozar { 09.02.08 at 9:13 pm }: I like the olive tote bag . It took 10 bottles to make.
11 Donna Kozar { 09.02.08 at 9:15 pm }: I subscribed.
12 Donna Kozar { 09.02.08 at 9:16 pm }: I put your button on my blog.
13 Chrysa { 09.02.08 at 10:21 pm }: I like the Tote Bag in Stone. It takes 10 bottles to make.
14 Marilyn Wons { 09.02.08 at 11:38 pm }: I would love the lap top jacket in black 15.1 inch, which takes 16 bottles to make
15 Terra Heck { 09.02.08 at 11:54 pm }: I’d like to win the Olive Shoulder Bag. It uses 10 bottles.
16 rebecca { 09.03.08 at 12:42 am }: I like the shoulder bag in blue, it took 10 - 16oz bottles to make it.
17 Jennifer { 09.03.08 at 1:17 am }: I love the blue Shoulder Pouch that took 5 bottles to make Thanks for the giveaway
18 Susan C { 09.03.08 at 4:23 am }: I like the green tote bag. I can never have enough of these because my adult children keep running off with them!
19 Kathy Scott { 09.03.08 at 4:51 am }: Horizontal Messenger bag takes 30 bottles.
20 Denyse { 09.03.08 at 7:06 am }: The olive and stone tote took 10 16 oz bottles!
21 beth shepherd { 09.03.08 at 7:20 am }: Thank you for having this! I love the laptop jacket in black size 14.1 - it takes 13 bottles. THank you!
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22 dianne { 09.03.08 at 8:55 am }: 10 bottles were used to make the green tote, my favorite!
23 Crystal { 09.03.08 at 9:32 am }: I love the Horizontal Messenger Bag in Stone. It takes 30 16 ounce bottles to make.
24 Danielle { 09.03.08 at 9:41 am }: I love the olive green vertical messenger bag for my laptop. I have a new macbook and this is stylish enough to go with it. And the fact that 23 bottles are used to make it is just music to my eco-ears!
25 Jennifer M { 09.03.08 at 9:42 am }: Vertical messenger, olive. 23 bottles.
26 charline s { 09.03.08 at 10:57 am }: I like the messager bag in storm blue, and it takes 10 , 16 ounce bottles to make it.
27 kristi blackstone { 09.03.08 at 11:23 am }: The Olive Tote Bag is my favorite! 10 bottles are used!
28 Pam { 09.03.08 at 11:55 am }: OK, I love the tote, too, but in stone. I’m kind of addicted to totes. It uses 10 bottles to make this tote.
29 Teresa { 09.03.08 at 11:57 am }: I really like the storm blue shoulder bag.

It took 10 bottles to make.

Thank you for the great giveaway!

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30 Paula H { 09.03.08 at 12:28 pm }: I would pick the Shoulder Bag in Storm Blue. 10 bottles were used.
31 Stephanie V { 09.03.08 at 2:11 pm }: Horizontal messenger, stone, 30 bottles
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32 Shilo Beedy { 09.03.08 at 3:18 pm }: I would love the All Around Laptop Jacket in Jet Black. It takes 13 bottles to make the lap top jacket.
33 Vicky Boackle { 09.03.08 at 3:27 pm }: i like the storm blue messenger bag.
34 amandasue { 09.03.08 at 4:15 pm }: I like the Storm Blue Shoulder Pouch and it takes 5, 160z bottles to make the bag
35 Sylvia Belle { 09.03.08 at 5:12 pm }: Storm blue messenger bag
36 Maria { 09.03.08 at 6:27 pm }: I love the horizontal messenger bag in stone. It took 30 plastic bottles to make. What an awesome product!
37 Michelle { 09.03.08 at 7:42 pm }: I like the Tote Bag in Olive (which takes 10 bottles to make)
38 Renee Turner { 09.03.08 at 10:49 pm }: I like the Tote bag in Stone. It took 10 16 oz. bottles to make the product.
39 Jessica H { 09.04.08 at 8:29 am }: I love the laptop bag, it looks sturdy enough to travel with
40 Jessica H { 09.04.08 at 8:30 am }: Also-It took 10 16. oz bottles to make the product
41 Shelly { 09.04.08 at 8:38 am }: I love the Shoulder bag in storm blue … which takes 10 bottles to make!
42 Terra Jones { 09.04.08 at 9:09 am }: I like the vertical messenger bag in olive
43 Terra Jones { 09.04.08 at 9:10 am }: …I’m sorry, I can’t follow directions - new mommy brain, lol - the vertical bag takes 23 bottles..
44 Tammy { 09.04.08 at 10:37 am }: The Stone Vertical Messenger Bag - 23/16 oz bottles to make.
45 Jennifer Hedden { 09.04.08 at 12:21 pm }: messager bag in storm blue
46 M.A. { 09.04.08 at 2:43 pm }: I like Shoulder Bag 1 in Storm Blue. It took 10 16oz. bottles to make.
47 Susan Royer { 09.04.08 at 4:36 pm }: I love the blue Shoulder bag. It took 10 bottles to make it. I have already sent this site to all my friends. What a great idea.
I stopped by this site because it said birthdays and my birthday is this month.
48 K. Cleaver { 09.04.08 at 7:12 pm }: I like the tote bag the best. It took 10, 16oz bottles to make. Save the planet!
49 michelle rosborough { 09.04.08 at 7:57 pm }: I like the Olive tote bag and it took 10 16oz. bottles
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50 Tabitha { 09.04.08 at 9:01 pm }: What an awesome website! I love the tote bag. One tote takes 10 16 oz. bottles to make.
51 Ashley { 09.04.08 at 9:26 pm }: i adore green products, this is very neat. i like the medium laptop sleeve it uses 6 blue bottles to make it
52 Elizabeth M. { 09.05.08 at 1:33 am }: I like the shoulder bag in olive and it uses 10 bottles to make it.
53 Elizabeth M. { 09.05.08 at 1:33 am }: I subscribed to your feed too!
54 Elizabeth M. { 09.05.08 at 1:34 am }: I also subscribed to the Act2GreenSmart’s President’s Blog!
55 Kirsten { 09.05.08 at 3:00 am }: Storm blue laptop jacket which takes 17 bottles to make.
56 Erma Hurtt { 09.05.08 at 5:14 am }: i like the horizontal messenger bag, in stone. It uses 30 bottles to create.
57 Stacie R. { 09.05.08 at 6:16 am }: I like the Storm Blue Shoulder Bag - 10 bottles.
58 Tiffanie W. { 09.05.08 at 9:00 am }: I would love to get my hands on one of the horizontal messenger bags! It only takes 30 water bottles to make! Amazing!
59 Gina Stratos { 09.05.08 at 10:24 am }: Love the Stone Tote Bag (10 16 oz bottles)
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60 Gina Stratos { 09.05.08 at 10:24 am }: Subscriber
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61 Gina Stratos { 09.05.08 at 10:25 am }: Subscribed to Presidents Blog
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62 EL Valente { 09.05.08 at 1:02 pm }: Wish I knew about these guys before I bought my new tote
I love the All-Around LapTop Jacket 15.4″ (SKU 17161) in Jet Black.

It’s actually pretty scary that just 17 bottles can make this entire bag.
63 hetal g { 09.05.08 at 1:25 pm }: Olive tote bag that takes 10 bottles to make

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64 joanna smith { 09.05.08 at 2:22 pm }: Thank you for introducing Act2GreenSmart to us all! I love learning about companies that are using items “we” throw away to help save our planet by finding ways to recycle them into brand new state of the art products! I love the functionality of all the bags they offer and my favorite is the Storm Blue Shoulder Bag. It takes 10 of the 16 oz plastic bottles to make the fabric for this amazing bag! I chose this bag because it offers so many more features than my ordinary handbag, and it is so much more functional!
65 Ed Nemmers { 09.05.08 at 2:56 pm }: Horizontal Messenger, Stone, 30 Bottles
66 CHERYL A FRANCISCO { 09.05.08 at 3:33 pm }: I would like the tote bag in green. It took 10 bottles to make it.
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67 Dddiva { 09.05.08 at 3:49 pm }: I like the olive tote bag- it took 10 16oz bottles to make.
68 Jeanne { 09.05.08 at 7:17 pm }: I’d love the Stone colored Horizontal Messenger Bag. Its made with 30 16oz bottles.
69 Sand { 09.05.08 at 8:59 pm }: I like the Horizontal messenger bag in stone which is made of 30 bottles!
70 Joy Venters { 09.05.08 at 9:00 pm }: shoulder bag in storm blue - 10 bottles
71 Buddy Garrett { 09.05.08 at 10:09 pm }: Shoulder Bag Olive 10 Bottles
72 Jennifer Williams { 09.05.08 at 11:52 pm }: I love the stone horizontal messenger bag which takes 30 bottles to make. It looks like an amazing bag to use when I travel and the fact that it uses 30 16 oz. bottles that won’t be in our landfills or on the side of the road somewhere is amazing. I am glad that I found this site!!!!
73 DeAnn { 09.06.08 at 12:29 am }: I love the horizontal messenger bag in the olive green. It took 30 bottles to make that really cool bag! I think I drank that many on vacation (and yes, I recycled!)
74 D Johnson { 09.06.08 at 6:16 am }: Stone bag
75 Janet { 09.06.08 at 6:57 am }: I heart the Horizontal messenger bag in stone which is made of 30 bottles!
76 kathy pease { 09.06.08 at 8:30 am }: id like a large laptop sleeve in blue and it takes 8 16 ounce bottle to make
77 danielle { 09.06.08 at 9:28 am }: I love the large green laptop sleeve in black.(8 bottles) Thanks for sharing this website.
78 Marie Noguerole { 09.06.08 at 11:03 am }: I like the horizontal messenger bag in stone (30 bottles).
79 Miranda Allen { 09.06.08 at 6:01 pm }: The Tote bag 30 bottles
80 Susanne Troop { 09.06.08 at 6:44 pm }: The olive horizontal messenger bag shows what can be done with 30 16 oz. bottles besides hold water!
81 Julie Stewart { 09.06.08 at 6:48 pm }: I love the horizontal messenger bag in olive. It took 30 bottles to make.
82 dean { 09.06.08 at 7:39 pm }: horizontal messenger bag in grey, takes 30 bottles to create, very cool
83 sharon { 09.06.08 at 7:42 pm }: stone bag, horizontal messenger, 30 bottles
84 Samantha Pruitt { 09.06.08 at 7:42 pm }: i really like the vertical messenger bag, it took 23 bottles to make it
85 Suanne Giddings { 09.06.08 at 8:32 pm }: I love the Horizontal Messenger Bag in Stone. It takes 30 16 ounce bottles to make.
Thank you for sponsoring this sweepstakes! It is very generous of you!!! Wishing you continued success!
86 Jean Hupke { 09.06.08 at 8:36 pm }: The storm blue shoulder bag takes 10 bottles to make
87 Heather C { 09.06.08 at 8:57 pm }: I like the Bottles 2 Bags Vertical Messenger in Olive Green. It uses 23 bottles.
88 Lily Kwan { 09.06.08 at 11:13 pm }: I love the horizontal-messenger in olive! 30 bottles were used to make it.
89 Lily Kwan { 09.06.08 at 11:15 pm }: I subscribed to your feed via email.