Our Bag Program

Help Us Reduce Our Impact!

Our new bag program is now in place. When you make a purchase at Champaign Surplus reusing one of our shopping bags — or any other previously used paper or reusable tote — we will make a 5¢ donation per bag to a selected worthy cause. Help us to lower our environmental impact, and you'll simultaneously be helping a worthy cause.

Our May Recipient : 

Champaign County Forest Preserve District
Homer Lake Natural Playscape  Learn more

Our New Shopping Bags Have Arrived

Our brand new, 'Made in the USA' paper eco-shoppers are here, and made almost entirely of recycled and eco-friendly materials!

Our largest shopping bags are made of 100% recycled kraft fibers, with a minimum 95% post-consumer material and 5% post-industrial material. They are manufactured at a Forest Stewardship Council facility, printed with earth-friendly water-based inks, glued with water-based adhesives and fully compostable. Our two smaller merchandise bags are also made of 100% recycled kraft fibers, with a minimum 73% post-consumer material and 27% post-industrial material, also made with water-based inks and adhesives, and fully compostable. 

Stay tuned for more information on how we will be re-purposing our old plastic shopping bags.