Fit for carrying items, shopping, gift packing and more
- 100% tree-free paper
- 100% upcycled agricultural waste and cotton waste fibres
- Reusable
- Highly durable
- Easy to carry
- Jute rope handles
Read the full product story here
Raw material
From independent farmer's waste crops such as banana leaves, coffee husk, lemongrass and more
Textile industry cotton waste scraps uncolored or colored
Production
- Made by marginalized people in southern India
- Hand sorting and cleaning of waste fibres
- Water recycling
- Non-chemical processing
- Natural paper binding ingredients
- Skilling of local low-income groups
Environment impact
- Deforestation mitigation by replacing tree paper
- Water waste mitigation by recycling the water
- No chemical wastewater
- Co2 mitigating through agro-waste carbon dioxide fixation in paper
- Air pollution mitigation by utilising agro-waste that would otherwise be burnt
- UNSDG 15.2; "sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation"
- UNSDG 12.5; "reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse"
Social impact
- Local farmers livelihoods as waste acquiring provide an additional income source
- Skilling of unskilled, low-income groups
- Livelihoods impacted: Many low-income people
A product-specific Sustainability Report is provided with each product order.
PAPER BAGS | various prints & paper types | upcycled paper | waste-to-resource
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ORDER DETAILS
- Price: send inquiry for updated prices
- Minimum OQ: 250-500 pieces
- Availability: pre-order
PRODUCT DETAILS
- Customization: available
- Branding: private label / Source For Future generic label
- Packaging/labeling: pre-packaging/labeling available [see customizable packaging/labeling solutions here]