If you’re newer around here, you should know there is a $5 SC Johnson Mail-in Rebate available through June, 30 2010.  You may submit it 3 times per household.  It’s valid with the purchase 3 of the following products:

• Ziploc®
• Glade®
• Windex®
• Scrubbing Bubbles®
• Pledge®
• Shout®
• Fantastik®
• Drano®
• Raid®
• Off®
• Saran™
• Nature’s Source™

This is great and fine and dandy because it usually means FREE Ziploc bags (and Glade, etc)!!!  I have to tell you though, I still struggle with the amount of waste I’m producing as a couponer.  We always try to buy the smallest size of a product the coupon will allow so we get a better value, but that means we’re throwing away more packaging… and using more ziplocs because they’re FREE?  Maybe this doesn’t bother you at all.  If it does, here’s another option…

A dear friend I went to high school with makes & sells fantastic reusable snack and sandwich bags in her Etsy store Little House Creations.  They’re a great alternative to disposable plastic!  They are “made with a cotton exterior and nylon interior to make cleaning easy. You can rinse it out in the sink or throw it in the washing machine.”

I think it’s worth the small investment if you’re packing lunches for your kids or you brown-bag your work lunch… What do you think?