Chica Bolsita

Lleve su Bolsita has enlisted Chica Bolsita (Bag Girl) in the fight against Plástico Malo (Bad Plastic)! With her cape of plastic bags, she challenges students to save the environment by starting their families on a reusable bag habit.

Chica Bolsita to the rescue at Sea Grant’s Marine Adventure, Puerto Rico 2007

Chica is available to help your school or group fight plastic offenders in the DFW area!

See the Resources page for contact info.

Chica’s Bag Recommendations

For Grocery Shopping:

• larger capacity than “t-shirt” style plastic bags

• sturdy sides for easy loading

• machine washable

• folds flat

• inexpensive

You can find these bags at your local grocery stores

Kroger and TomThumb sell great bags near the registers (usually 99¢)

A good online selection can be found at www.reusablebags.com

Don’t stop with grocery bags!

Chica carries a pocket size bag in her purse everywhere she goes.


For Mall Shopping:

• 20 lb capacity

• machine washable

• stuffs into small pouch for keychain or purse


The bag pictured, can be found at

www.chicobag.com for $5. This is what I use.

A thrifty version is available at Target for 99¢.

It folds into a thin wallet shape.


These bags are very convenient to carry around 24/7 but I wouldn’t recommend them for grocery shopping because they aren’t large or sturdy enough to do the trick.


Each reusable bag can replace 300-500 plastic bags.

Don’t be apprehensive about bringing your own bags.  The checkers wont mind using your reusables instead of plastic.  After you unload your groceries at home, I recommend hanging your reusable bags on the garage door.  This will keep you from forgetting to put them back into your car.  And if your bags make it into your car but you forget to take them into the store with you, no problem.  Just ask the checker to place your groceries unbagged into the cart and sack them yourself back at your car. 


5 of the large reusable grocery bags is usually enough for the average family load. 


Canvas bags are also a good option, but they are more expensive and harder to keep clean.