Koteli Celebrates World Environment Day 2013

SOMERVILLE, Mass. - June 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Happy World Environment Day 2013! WED is a product of the UNEP – the United Nations Environment Programme – and is “a day for action,” according to UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, “where hundreds of thousands of activities take place in virtually every country in the world to improve the environment now and for the future.” The focus of World Environment Day 2013 is food waste and food loss, as well as how we can change our lifestyles in ways that aid the global food network and food processes – from growing to processing to delivery, preparation and consumption – more eco-friendly and more available to those who have less or nothing at all to eat. It is estimated that one third of food that is grown never makes it from field to plate.

The truth is that every process in life, whether to produce food or other resources, can be made more green. Our bags represent one way to make a simple change in how you carry your things that save a lot of plastic from going into the ocean. In a way, the transportation of food from the market or store to the home and ultimately to the plate is a leg in the larger food process that starts in the field or pasture. Think of the energy wasted to produce single use plastic bags!

One way you can change your lifestyle on WED 2013 and going forward is to start using Koteli Bags to bring your food home from the market or store. Instead of using and throwing away cheap and environmentally destructive single use plastic bags, make the “Koteli switch”: try bringing just 3 Koteli bags with you on your next trip to the food store, and you’ll be surprised and happy to find that you can fit 9-12 normal-sized bags worth of items into them. We think of it more as an upgrade than a switch, but try it out and see for yourself! One way to get your hands on a free bag to start your collection is by entering and participating in our photo contest,Picture Your Bag!

Join the growing community of Koteli Bag users, who are freeing the world of wasted plastic, one bagful at a time.