{"id":2303,"date":"2006-11-13T03:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T03:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/11\/13\/these-shopping-bags-hold-all-sorts-of-things\/"},"modified":"2006-11-13T03:07:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-13T03:07:00","slug":"these-shopping-bags-hold-all-sorts-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/these-shopping-bags-hold-all-sorts-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"These Shopping Bags Hold All Sorts of Things…"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> The “Bra Rangers” … come with matching underwear whose pocket has the inscribed message, “No more plastic bags!”<\/p>\n The bra-turned-bag is made of polyester fiber created through recycling. The bra straps can be tied onto the bag as ribbons.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n No word from the company on what happens if a woman wearing this decides to make an impulse buy when not carrying extras… Shopping in Japan may never be the same.<\/p>\n UPDATE: BoingBoing beat me to the punch<\/a> on this one…<\/p>\n Categories: lingerie<\/a>, shoppingbags<\/a>, bra<\/a>, triumph<\/a>, japan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to sustainablog reader Eric Benson for sending this one my way: Tokyo-based lingerie company Triumph is constantly looking for innovative ways to address social and environmental issues. Last time [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":17207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Thanks to sustainablog reader Eric Benson<\/a> for sending this one my way: Tokyo-based lingerie company Triumph is constantly looking for innovative ways to address social and environmental issues. Last time around, it was the Warm Biz Bra<\/a>, complete with removable pads that can be heated in the microwave. The company’s latest offering is designed to discourage Japanese shoppers from using plastic grocery bags: The “Bra Rangers” (a take on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) have cup padding that can be removed and used as a shopping bag… really! According to an article at Yahoo! News<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n