Repell-em Blog

Thanksgiving is in just a few weeks, in case any of you aren’t paying attention to the calendar.  In just a few weeks, families will be gathering and feasting, and disposing of more goopy food waste in one day than all of them combined accumulate in a week.

Dogs, cats, raccoons, and possums everywhere are licking their lips in anticipation.

People who use regular trash bags to hold that turkey carcass and all the greasy leftovers won’t be able to put out their trash until right before the garbage truck arrives, a few days after Thanksgiving.  In the meantime, that flimsy plastic bag of heavy, oily leftovers will have to stay in the kitchen or garage, slowly leaking and smelling like, well, gross day-old meat.  Unrefrigerated.

People who use Ecosmart Repellem trash bags won’t have any problem at all.  Repellem trash bats are thick and heavy, and nothing you put on the inside will leak through to the outside.

When those regular trash bags go out on the curb, every animal in the vicinity will know it, and they’re already making plans to use your yard as a buffet.

Those same animals won’t even know it when you put a Repellem trash bag out on the curb.  The 100% natural ingredients in Repellem products render those bags invisible to all animals and insects.  The neighborhood dogs will walk right past your decaying feast-in-side-the-bag; no odors or substances can penetrate the thick, heavy, substantial Repellem bags.

I suppose it’s odd to discuss trash bags at holiday time, but hey.  Holiday time is when we have the yuckiest, heaviest, greasiest garbage, and knowing that your Repellem bag can “take it” is a great relief.

School has started by now, no matter what part of the country you might live in, and if your children haven’t brought home those long lists of classroom supplies yet, you might want to check their backpacks for it because it’s time.

Remember that our public schools are experiencing genuine budget crunches, and those lists of basic classroom supplies are the difference between our kids having well-equipped classrooms and our kids using a stick and a patch of mud.

Your child’s teacher would really appreciate it if you included some EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem trash bags along with the crayons and glue sticks.  Where there are lots of little kids, there will be bugs, and anything we can do to help keep our classrooms clean and safe is going to be greatly appreciated by the teachers and by the parents of the other children, too.

So why not send a couple of boxes of EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products to school this year.  Your child is in that room, too, remember.  You want that classroom to be as clean and safe as possible, and Repellem products will help that happen.

We live in town now, and on Trash Day, our small street is often littered with other people’s trash. The dogs who live here consider Trash Day to be Buffet Day, and the sights and smells from other people’s trash is just too much for their pets.

Our trash is never bothered, though. Now, our trash is just as gross and smelly as yours, but the difference is this: We use Ecosmart Repellem trash bags, and this means several great things.

First, we never have to worry about animals ripping into our trash and scattering it all up and down the street. Repellem products don’t harm animals, but they do repel them. Repellem products are made of 100% natural ingredients which combine to produce an aura that tells animals to “move along; there’s nothing you want here.” Seriously.

Put an expensive Glad or Hefty trash bag full of smelly garbage out on the street and the local dogs will come running. Put a Repellem trash bag full of the same smelly trash out on the street, and it will still be there, untouched and pristine, hours later. Repellem products can’t be smelled or perceived by animals. Period. And by “animals,” I also mean insects.

The other day, several small children playing in a yard were stung badly by wasps that had been buzzing around a torn trash bag. If this family had used Repellem bags, wasps would not have been found anywhere NEAR their yard.

Safety. Cleanliness. GREEN safety and cleanliness. Absolutely safe. Genuinely clean. Totally green.

Only Ecosmart Repellem products can promise all of the above.

If you have both cats AND dogs, you probably already know what the presence of a litter box does to many dogs – they think it’s Buffet Day, every day.

This is pretty gross.

However, if you take a Repellem trash bag or tablecloth and wrap it around your cat’s litter box, the dogs won’t even know the box is there! Now, remember, cats are repelled by Repellem, too, but somehow, the bag-around-the-box thing doesn’t seem to bother the cats; they just jump it and go into the litter box, do their business, and jump back out. (Surprisingly, though, your cat won’t see your trash-filled trash bag sitting out on the curb, nor will your dog. Or the neighbors’ pets. Awesome, huh!)

The dog, on the other hand, ignores the Repellem-wrapped litter box as if it wasn’t even there. Which, because of the Repellem, it isn’t, to an animal or insect.

In other words, Repellem will keep the dog OUT of the litter box, but it won’t bother the cat, since the cat leaps over obstacles to get in there anyway.

“But my pets love to bite and gnaw on plastics!” you might wail. No worries with Repellem, folks. Even if your pet somehow manages to bypass the repellant features and give the product a chew, it won’t last long, AND it won’t harm your beloved pet. Ecosmart Repellem products are 100% natural, harmless ingredients, the combination of which just happens to be repellent to insects and animals.

Speaking of insects and litter boxes – with that piece of Repellem around the litter box, you won’t be horrified by any bugs in the box, either. Not even flies!

Pet owners and Ecosmart Repellem products belong together!

Rumor has it that the coming summer is going to be an extra-hot one, and when the summer is extra hot, the insects are extra-populous.

An excess of bugs means a lot of bugs competing for your sweat, your pets, and your potato salad.

With animals and children in the house, you don’t want to use sprays, poisons, traps, or anything that might harm – or worse – a child or a pet.  You don’t want to use anything in your home that will contaminate your surfaces or your food.

With all of this in mind, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products are exactly what you need to keep your home safer, cleaner, and greener.

EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products are made of 100% biodegradable, 100% safe, 100% natural materials; there is nothing in our products that is harmful to humans or animals.

Animals and insects are, however, absolutely repelled by Repellem.  They won’t come near your family or your home, and this will make your house even cleaner and safer!

EcoSmart Plastics and Repellem products are the ideal animal and insect repellants for your precious home and your even more precious family.

Order yours today, before the hot weather hits!

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.

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!