Welcome to Bags for the Ocean!
Bags for the Ocean has a simple mission: take used tee shirts and make them into reusable bags. What started as one high school student in San Francisco has spread around the country and the world, with over 50 chapters on campuses from Canada to Costa Rica getting the reusable bag message out to the world.
Some of our chapters sell their bags to raise funds for ocean cleanups and marine conservation. Some give them away in an effort to get people on their campus thinking about eliminating single-use plastics. Reusable bags keep plastic bags out of our oceans, which is good for everyone, from your campus roommate to a sea turtle on the other side of the world.
Some of our chapters sell their bags to raise funds for ocean cleanups and marine conservation. Some give them away in an effort to get people on their campus thinking about eliminating single-use plastics. Reusable bags keep plastic bags out of our oceans, which is good for everyone, from your campus roommate to a sea turtle on the other side of the world.
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Find a Bags for the Ocean chapter near you, or start your own! You can find the toolkit below to get started. All you really need is a couple people (or one person) and some old tee shirts to start making a difference.
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Want to help? It's easy!
- Buy one of our reusable bags below - thanks for your support!
- ... Or make your own reusable bag from a t-shirt - see how!
- ... Or just use the reusable bags you probably already have.
- Find a chapter at your school and join their project!
- ...Or start your own chapter if your school doesn't have one.
- ... Or start making bags in your own group and call it whatever you want. The fewer plastic bags, the better!
Want to start a chapter?
If you want to start your own chapter of Bags for the Ocean, we'd love to have you! Click on the link below to download our welcome packet to get started. It's aimed at high school and college clubs, but your group does not have to be affiliated with a school - whether you're a group of friends, a retirement community, a garden club, a middle school class, or anything in between, if you want to help get rid of single-use plastic bags, we want your help!
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Current Bags for the Ocean Chapters
Please note that this list in no way indicates that these colleges or universities endorse Bags for the Ocean. This is a list of colleges, schools, and organizations at which we have a student who has organized a chapter of Bags for the Ocean, and is provided here so that if you're on one of these campuses, you can reach out and join the group! If you're on a different campus and want to start your own chapter, please let me know!
- Aledo High School
- Alma College
- Auburn University
- Averill Park High School
- Becker College
- Campolindo High School
- Chadron State College
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Chapman University
- College of Charleston
- Diablo Valley
- Fordham University
- John Paul II High School
- Judson College
- Kansas State University
- Killester College
- LaGuardia Community College
- Laurentian University
- Loop Abroad
- Lubbock Christian University
- Memorial University
- Merrimack College
- Michigan State University
- Murray State University
- Myers Park High School
- New Orleans, LA
- Oakland Community College
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Phuket, Thailand
- Prairie View A&M University
- Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
- Skyline High School
- Texas State University
- Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- University of California Davis
- University of Cincinnati Clermont
- University of Delaware
- University of Findlay
- University of Florida
- University of Georgia
- University of Michigan - Dearborn
- University of Nevada Reno
- University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of Utah
- University of West Georgia
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- University of Southern California - Aiken
- Washington State University - Pullman
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