Repell-em Blog

Repell-em is undergoing a name change:  soon we will be known as Eco-Smart Plastics.

We are, as you no doubt know, a company that makes 100% natural, biodegradeable plastics: Repell-em scented products that repel almost any and all insects and animals, and Eco-smartbags, our unscented trash bags, among others.

Because Eco-Smart has proven itself to be a genuinely GREEN business, consciouentious consumers have really started to take notice, and beginning this January, you will find Repell-em and Eco-Smart in several more fine stores, in the GREEN section!

You will still be able to find Repell-em products in fine sports and camping stores such as Cabela’s, too! Of course, you can ALWAYS find Repell-em and Eco-Smart products online, too: right here in our store.

And hey!  We’re having a SALE!

Not only that:Eco-Smart Plastics is gearing up for another BLOG CONTEST!  Watch this blog closely for the announcement!  ( BIG prizes, folks!)

My daughter drove all the way down here today to “borrow” four Repell-em trash bags from me.  (I think I know what I’m getting her for her birthday this summer!)

She’s going to be out of town, and wants to set her trash out the night before instead of the morning of.  She can’t do that with regular trash bags because of all the dogs, cats, raccoons, and possums in her apartment complex.

That’s right; you heard me.  In southern Indiana, there are raccoons and possums  even in the city.  They’re everywhere. There is no escape from them.  And if you don’t play your cards right, they will tear into your garbage and spread it everywhere, causing you great hardship and even harsh fines if you don’t get it cleaned up absolutely right away.

My daughter doesn’t want to save her garbage for a week, and I don’t blame her - I raised her to not like to dwell in the midst of garbage - hence her 30-mile drive to get the Repell-em bags.

Where she’s going, there is a big Cabela’s,  so she plans to buy herself a package of Repell-em bags there.  I always order mine off the website, but Cabela’s does carry them.

(They’re on sale, on the website, right now!)

Don’t forget to enter the Repell-em Contest! Everybody who enters gets a free sample, and the winners get big dollar amounts of merchandise! Enter NOW! Click here for the Contest link!

Need a great gift for a Boy/Girl Scout? How about a tent mat that repels insects and animals? I used to camp out a lot when I was in Scouts, and I loved it, all but the bugs. I would wake up in the morning covered with itchy mosquito bites, and that was bad enough, but the occasional spider bites and “mystery bites” were often painful. I hated those bugs. I also hated the raccoons and possums and squirrels, etc, that would sneak into the campsite and even inside my tent in the night and help themselves to my candy bars and marshmallows.

If I’d had a Repell-em tent mat, I could have enjoyed a great night’s sleep out in the great outdoors and I wouldn’t have had to worry about getting bitten and attacked by the wildlife while I slept. It would also have been a lot more comfortable than putting my sleeping bag down on the hard ground.

If you’ve got a child who is a Scout, think about ordering some Repell-em tent mats. If you are a Scout leader, do more than just think about it. Nobody likes to be eaten alive by insects, and nobody likes to toss and turn all night on lumpy ground. With a Repell-em tent mat, both problems are solved!

You can buy most Repell-em products at most large Cabela’s stores, or you can order them online.