In today’s eco friendly climate, it’s more important than ever to find responsible ways to promote your business. We’ve partnered with several great companies offering earth friendly options to market your brand. Here are three great re-usable bag options offered by Corvest.

A perfect giveaway for your stellar employees and loyal customers alike, the Brown Bag It Sack will reduce the waste of disposable lunch bags and give your logo real staying power! Made of 100% cotton, it makes taking lunch and going green more convenient than ever.

Keeping it cool is the key element of the innovative Chilly Insulated Grocery Tote.  Available in four colors with dual shoulder straps for convenient carrying, this environmental promoter is perfect for toting milk and other cold food items home from the grocery store!

The Planet Earth Biodegradable Grocery Tote is not only re-usable, it’s made of biodegradable and recycled materials, too. It also includes a cardboard bottom insert for stability and has a 22lb weight capacity. Promoting your company, and your love for our planet, has never been easier!

As we strive to offer more eco friendly options to businesses, we often get questions such as “What exactly is recycled polyester?”  Well, basically recycled polyester is polyester made from pre and post consumer polyester scrap, including discarded water and soda bottles.  After the polyester products have been collected, they are shredded into small pieces, melted and made into new recycled polyester fiber.  This fiber is identical to conventional polyester fiber.

SanSegal Sportswear uses nothing but 100% recycled products for its apparel, including polyester from recycled soda bottles.  The company blends its recycled polyester with cotton fibers that are obtained from cutting-room scraps that, like the bottles, would have otherwise ended up in a landfill.  “The reason we blend cotton with the polyester is that they’re long staple fibers, whereas the cotton is shorter fibers,” says Joyce Walton, vice president of operations for SanSegal.  “It’s then carted and wound back into yarn, knit back into fabrics, and cut and sewn into garments.”

The recycled poly/cotton blend allows Walton to create anything from a lightweight jersey to novelty knits on fleece.  The majority of SanSegal’s products are mostly cotton, offering combinations of 75/25, 65/35 and 50/50 cotton/poly blends, depending on the type of apparel.

“Corporations love to buy recycled polyester polos for their staff.  It gives them an opportunity to be green and display their logo on something green” says Walton.

As far as its environmental benefits, polyester can never be truly eco-friendly because of the way it is made.  Whether you are recycling old polyester clothing or using  plastic water bottles, there are going to be toxins released into the air when you break those materials down to be usable.  The true eco value of recycled polyester stems from the fact that using recycled polyester in clothing instead of non-recycled polyester limits the amount of  discarded plastic bottles and used polyester garments that would otherwise go in a landfill.

When compared to conventional polyester, there are only positive aspects to recycled polyester.  Recycled polyester does not require drilling of oil and requires 70% to 84% less energy to produce compared to virgin polyester.  But, every manufacturing process pollutes the Earth in some way and recycling of polyester is not totally free from pollution.  It is however, a step in the right direction.