Turns out that plenty of people are interested in finding out about freebies for Earth Day. I know this from the search terms that people have been using lately to find my blog–and click on my recent “Free Stuff for Earth Day” post. In fact, it’s been the most popular post this past week.
Given that there is still a sustained interest in finding out about more free stuff on Earth Day (tomorrow), and many of the deals I’d highlighted previously were for this past Sunday only, I’ve decided to do this roundup of additional deals to be had for Earth Day. Enjoy.
Tote Bags for the Taking
- Spend $30 or more on green and natural products on Drugstore.com, and you’ll get a free Seventh Generation tote bag that’s filled with $40 worth of samples.
- Walgreens will be giving away a free tote bag, though I haven’t been able to confirm at this point what kind of purchase is necessary to receive the bag.
- Puget Sound-area Metropolitan Market is celebrating Earth Day with a month-long special offer on its popular reusable shopping bag, the REbag: Buy one for $1 between April 22 and May 5, and get a second REbag free.
- Bring in five plastic bags to any H.E.B. store in Texas April 22 from 3 p.m.-7 p.m. and receive a coupon for a free green reusable shopping bag (thanks to Houston on the Cheap for the heads up about this deal).
- This Saturday, April 25th (a few days late for Earth Day but cool nonetheless), Wegman’s will take plastic shopping bags off your hands to be recycled and, in return, will give you a free Wegman’s reusable shopping tote.
- Publix stores are giving away reusable bags if you buy certain GE CFLs. (Can’t confirm which ones, though.)
Gratis Grub
- Lightbulb maker Sylvania is driving a branded Mister Softeee truck around New York City and giving out free soft serve ice cream and distributing product coupons for Sylvania CFLs. The truck stops first at 10 a.m. at the Lowe’s in Brooklyn, then heads into Manhattan to stop at Bryant Park around 12 p.m. and then Times Square at 1 p.m.
- If you live in Seattle and can visit the Jones’ Soda headquarters, you’ll get free soda. If you don’t live nearby but pledge to recycle on Earth Day and everyday, you’ll get a coupon sent to you for free soda.
- Bring a reusable mug with you to your local coffee house and you might just be able to fill up on some free java. Some Starbucks in the U.S. and Canada are participating, though I couldn’t confirm that it was an across-the-board promotion.
Miscellaneous Free Stuff
- Get a free roll of Reynolds Wrap Foil from 100% Recycled Aluminum, with a mail-in rebate (up to $3.99). The rebate is available for download only on Earth Day (April 22nd, 2009) starting at 4:22 am EDT.
- When you bring three plastic water bottles into a Disney Store on Earth Day, you’ll get a free gift from the Disney Store. Some blogs are reporting that this free gift is a reusable water bottle; others have said the free gift is a tote bag. I guess you’ll have to bring in your plastic bottles to find out for yourself.
- Lighting retailer Rejuvenation is giving away free CF light bulbs with all purchases at our Portland and Seattle retail locations in celebration of Earth Day. Bulbs will be handed out at the stores, on Earth Day, and included in shipments on national orders.
- Take a test drive of a Subaru as part of the carmaker’s Eco Tour, and you’ll get a $20 gift card to Whole Foods.
- Rather than pay a local retailer to take outdated electronics off your hand, electronics recycler ViaTek Solutions is offering free, walk-in recycling services for consumer electronics at its Atlanta and Tampa locations all this week, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Normally, the company works with consumers only via a manufacturer’s buy-back program.)
- Pro Energy Consultants, the nation’s first home energy audit franchise, will offer free home energy audits on Earth Day, April 22, 2009. Homeowners who reside in its open markets of Evansville, Charlotte, Albuquerque, Las Vegas and Jacksonville can schedule their free home energy audit for Earth Day. Audits will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the Earth Day schedule is filled, others who call on or before Earth Day will receive a 50 percent discount on their audit.
I’m sure there are plenty of other Earth Day deals available, but I’ve just run out of time to research them all. If you know of additional freebies, please post that information with a comment.
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I tracked down the details on the Publix deal: http://miamiflonthecheap.com/2009/04/21/free-earth-day-bag-from-publix/
Teresa:
Thanks so much.
Leah
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If you spend over 25.oo you will get a nice tote -earthday bag. Not to mention helping out Breast Cancer! Start shopping
Is this deal available on the site you’re linked to? Thanks for letting us know.
Leah
Here is the printable coupon for Walgreens’ tote bag: http://www.walgreens.com/dmi/onlineoffers/default.html?ec=hn1016rw_getcoupon
Looks like you just have to make *a* purchase – no minimum required. Plus, the coupon gets you 15 percent off most stuff and 20 percent off of store brand items! Cool!
Awesome. Thanks so much. Imagine how many “free” shopping totes savvy shoppers can get today?
Got another Earth Day freebie for you — thanks to Oprah. A lunch-size bag from Whole Foods.
Check it out at http://www.freetobefrugal.wordpress.com.
This is great! I actually just posted a few additional deals and steals on my blog too, must be something in the air today! http://feastonthecheap.wordpress.com
This is really strange, yesterday I’ve posted a post about “The Big Ask” and today it’s suddently earth day, I’ve never heard of it before… but I think I quite like it. =D
Post about “The Big Ask”: http://lorawow.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/act-the-fck-now/
Regards,
- Lora
Great Post!
I was glad to give credit where credit was due. Hopefully it will result in some site traffic for you.
You are so resourceful, hope to keep you with your blog so I can go green without spending too much green!!!
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Look its fantastic
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today, is April 20 not 21 and Earth Day is thurs.
This is a blog post from 2009 so the dates are correct for a year ago.
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