Repell-em Blog

The winter has been so mild that many of us haven’t even worn our warmest winter coats yet, and now it’s almost time to pack them away again!

My coat still smells faintly of Repellem, which is a good thing because Ecosmart Plastics and Repellem products smell really good.  It’s not an “insecticide” or chemical kind of smell at all; it’s more like expensive candles, only much fainter.

When our coats and sweaters retain a little of the smell, it’s awesome.

Let’s all make sure we’ve got plenty of Ecosmart Plastics and Repellem products on hand so we can pack away our winter coats and woolens soon.

Christmas is over, and most of us have, by now, packed away our holiday decorations.  I hope you’ve made sure that insects and mice can’t get to your fragile, sentimental ornaments, etc.  We all cherish our holiday things, and if we open a box next year to discover that the mice and bugs have made a feast out of them, it would be devastating!  However, preventing this from happening is a lot easier than you might think.

I make sure that won’t happen by placing most of my precious holiday articles in Repellem trash bags before placing them in their boxes.  If something is too big for a trash bag, such as a large tree, I wad up several Repellem bags and put them in the box with the large item.

Things that lie packed away for a whole year stand a good chance of “invasion,” but a simple thing like packing them away with a Repellem bag can make all the difference in the world.

In fact, your whole house will be cleaner - and greener - if you tuck a little Repellem here and there, in closets, drawers, etc.  And when the house is cleaner, it’s also safer.

If you have small children, don’t worry about the Repellem; our products are made of 100% safe elements.  Even if you find your toddler sucking on one of our bags, you don’t have to worry.  100% natural products!  Totally safe.

They smell good, too.

Tired of giving the same kind of gift year after year? Well, why not depart from tradition somewhat this time, and give your family and friends something that they will not only USE, but also benefit by?

Ecosmart Plastics and Repellem products will help keep your loved ones’ homes or businesses cleaner, safer, and free from insects and vermin!

Repellem trash bags are a fabulous gift for a daycare director, or your child’s teacher, for example. Our trash bags will help ensure that small children can crawl and play SAFELY on the floor, and that even areas that are hard to keep clean - small children do that, you know - you won’t have to worry about ants, roaches, or mice.

Another great quality of Repellem bags is their safety; the bags are made of 100% recyclable materials, and are also 100% safe, even if a child tries to eat one!

Here is a complete list of what Repellem bags are composed of, in case you’re wondering.

A box or two - or a case - of Repellem trash bags would be a much-appreciated gift for anyone who doesn’t really want bugs or mice, and isn’t that everybody you know?

In many areas, it’s time to get those winter clothes and coats out of the closet and onto our backs!

I packed all those things in Ecosmart Plastics and Repellem bags so I wouldn’t have to worry about moths, and when I unpacked them this weekend, I found them all to be in perfect condition.  Our winter coats, sweaters, heavy corduroys. . . all our winter things - all in great shape and none of them with that “musty” smell stored woolens often have.

Unless they’ve been packed and stored with Repellem, that is.

I also unpacked my Christmas tree skirt - it’s got wool in it, but since I rolled it up and wrapped it in a Repellem back last year, it’s in perfect condition, too.

Clothing stored in Repellem, or with a piece of Repellem, always come out, at the beginning of next season, in great shape.  I’ve been using Repellem for over six years now, and I’ve never had an exception to this.  No matter what you’re storing - clothing, blankets, holiday things - if you use Repellem in their storage, you’ll have a perfect product when you unwrap them again.

Don’t forget to put a fresh Ecosmart Plastics and Repellem bag under your tree skirt.  It keeps the bugs away, yes, but it also keeps your dog and cat from coming near your tree.

It’s almost time to carve your jack o’lantern for Halloween! Usually, October isn’t all that cold, so the pumpkins start to crawl with bugs fore a few days have gone by. This, of course, makes the pumpkins look awful and add an ick factor to your home that doesn’t have anything to do with a holiday.

EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem has a better idea.

Carve your pumpkin as usual, but scrape out a little more of the pulp that you ordinarily would. Cut out the face - make it scary!

Take a Repellem trash bag and line the inside of your carved pumpkin with it. Then, put a battery-powered fake candle in the center - a big wide one looks best. DO NOT use a real candle with a plastic trash bag inside the pumpkin!

When you put this red-lined jack o’lantern on the porch or front step and turn on the battery-powered light inside it, step back and admire: The pumpkin’s face will glow and bring out the red of the lining, and the look is unmistakably HALLOWEEN! Plus, your pumpkin will not become infested with insects at all; the bugs won’t even know it’s there, and this means your pumpkin will stay fresh longer, too.

Those glowing red eyes will bring some oohs and aahs from your little trick-or-treaters, too.

I’ve been doing my jack o’lanterns this way for four years now, and each year look creepier With Halloween pumpkins, that’s exactly the effect I want!

(Remember: no candles! Battery-powered lights only!)

Your kids are bringing home long lists of needed school supplies, both for themselves and for the classroom in general.

While you’re filling that bag with tissues, scissors, hand sanitizer, and other items to be used and shared in your child’s classroom, why not add a box or two of EcoSmart Plastics Repellem Trash Bags?

Classrooms are full of people, washed and unwashed.  Classrooms are full of packed lunches - can you hear the cockroaches and flies cheering?  Classrooms are full of sandaled feet - moist toejam, anyone?  A typical classroom is a veritable buffet of delights for insects and mice!

Let me sum up, as they say in The Princess Bride:  Your children’s classrooms need EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem trash bags probably more than your kitchen does, and we already know your kitchen needs them DESPERATELY.

Send a couple of Repellem boxes to school, maybe with a note explaining their awesome usefulness to the teacher - and we’re betting you’ll be the most popular family on this year’s roster!

This extra-hot summer weather doesn’t keep outdoor-lovers indoors, and the excess of insects that are swarming everywhere because of that same humidity and heat can’t keep outdoor-lovers inside, either!

Just because there are bugs everywhere, that doesn’t mean we have to put up with them. Just a few EcoSmart Plastics Repellem and Eco-smartbag products here and there in your house and car will keep almost every single insect away.

Camping? Be sure to bring your Repellem tent mat. There won’t be a single bug in your tent. Put a Repellem trash bag in the bottom of your sleeping bag, and there won’t be any bugs in there, either. In fact, put a Repellem trash bag by your campsite and a Repellem tablecloth on your camp table, and you can leave the fly swatter at home.

With EcoSmart Repellem products, you can also leave the dangerous bug sprays at home, too.  Better yet?  Leave those things at the store.  With Repellem, you won’t need anything else.

Not only will EcoSmart Plastics Repellem trash bags and other products prevent animals from sensing and therefore tearing up and making a mess of your garbage, your Repellem bags will also keep the bugs away.

We had a cookout on the 4th, and everyone commented about the complete and total lack of insects buzzing around us out on the deck. Well, it was because of the trash bags that accumulated as the cookout progressed. With EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products, you won’t ever have to use dangerous insect repellents that contain poisons; your Repellem tablecloth and the bags of cookout trash will take care of the bug problem.

There are so many reasons why I use EcoSmart Repellem products in my home, but one of them is that I can use them safely around my children, and around food, as Repellem products contain only natural ingredients that are 100% harmless to both. And while the cats and dog stay away when Repellem products are in use, the products won’t harm my pets, either.

Everybody is outdoors a lot in summer, and it’s so nice to be able to BE outdoors and not have to worry about batting away the insects all the time.

This is been the wettest, rainiest, stormiest spring in living memory, and with the moisture come the bugs.  Bugs love wet.  Bugs love humidity.Just mowing the grass, in the bright sunshine, the gnats, mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers, and you-name-it come out in droves, sensing fresh blood.  You can spray your body with expensive chemicals and the bugs will just gnaw around it.However, there’s a way to spend some outdoor time without risking dangerous smelly chemicals.  It’s easy. Just tie a strip of EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem around your ankle, and the bugs will give you a wide berth.    Tie a few strips around sticks and place them in your garden, and your tomatoes will be bug-free, too.On your deck, tie some Repellem strips here and there on the posts, and you can sit on your swing or cook out without constantly batting the bugs away.  There will BE no bugs.EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products are wonderful in any season, but in the hot, humid summer weather you’ll be even more grateful that you’ve got ‘em!They’re absolutely 100% safe to use on your tiny children, too.

More than spring bulbs are waking up and presenting themselves for our approval; the bugs are making themselves known, too! I’m sure you’ve already noticed that bugs and spiders are awake and trying desperately to get where the easy food is: our homes.

It’s extra important in the springtime to be sure we don’t leave food out where it will only look like a large free buffet to ants, gnats, flies, roaches, and other lovely creatures we don’t invite into our houses; they gatecrash! But we can’t ever clean a house thoroughly enough to keep out the bugs; there is, however, an easy fix for the annual springtime insect invasion. EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products.

As long as there’s a Repellem trash bag in every wastecan, a few strips of Repellem in every kitchen cabinet - don’t worry about your food, as Repellem products are 100% natural and completely harmless - you won’t have to worry about the bugs. Bugs will stay as far away from a Repellem house as possible.

So will the spiders.

I used to have to take down and clean all the light fixtures in spring and summer, at least once a week, to dump out the dead bugs. Now, since I’ve used Repellem in my kitchen and in all the closets in the house, I never have to take down the light fixtures. I’m short, and it was a big annoying deal, and it’s so nice NOT to have to do that any more.

Let me sum up. Warm weather is here, or it’s coming soon (Depends on your location, of course) and if you spread the Repellem products around your house, you’ll never have to deal with bugs.

Oh, and those winter coats hanging in the closet, waiting for next winter? Just cover them with a Repellem trash bag and the moths won’t even know they’re there.

EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products are the best on the market today. My house is proof. Prove it with your house, too.