Bring Your Bag Wisconsin

Ideas from Shorewood, Wisconsin:

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• Ask for support from your local government, environmental organizations, and/or business groups.

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• Create posters to remind shoppers to bring their own bags. Gather volunteers to post them in store windows.
  (See the examples on our Shorewood page.)

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• Create bookmarks with contact information to hand out at events and leave at participating locations. 

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• Create "I brought my bag" stickers. Recruit volunteers to give them to shoppers who bring their own bags on a special Bring Your Bag Day.

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• Ask stores to donate reusable bags and gift cards. Use them as gifts or prizes for shoppers on Bring Your Bag Day.

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• Ask people to sign a pledge to use reusable bags whenever possible and to reuse or recycle plastic bags.
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