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Doy Bags Recycled Juice Cartons Beach Bag | 
| Brand: Inspired Bags Emporium
Category: Shoes
Department: womens
Buy New: £12.95 (On sale from £16.95)
as of 30/7/2010 13:32 CDT details
Inspired Bags Emporium  529 reviews
Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Sales Rank: 53187
Fabric Type: canvas
Media: Apparel
Dimensions (in): 14.2 x 3.9 x 13.4
MPN: Resort Bag
ASIN: B001UTFXE8
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| Features:
| • | Made from recycled fruit juice cartons | | • | Large colourful canvas bag with mixed fruits | | • | Ideal for beach/shopping/picnics/school/work | | • | inner divider, a waterproof lining and fold-over flap with magnetic fastener. | | • | Approx. 14in/36cm wide, 13in/34cm high, 4in/10cm deep |
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Product Description
Doy Bags are a range of bags, purses and accessories made from recycled juice packs - non-biodegradable foil and plastic packaging that would otherwise go into landfill sites and incinerators. The juice packs come in a large number of fruity flavours.Doy Bags are produced and traded according to Fair Trade principles. Doy Bags are made by a women's cooperative in the Philippines. The large number of bags and household items that they produce every year prevents vast quantities of juice packs from being burnt, buried or simply littering the streets and waterways. The cooperative has won a number of awards in the Philippines for its concern for the environment and its outstanding contribution to both waste recycling and employment generation.Doy Bags are proud to provide employment to over 500 women. Almost all the women are their family's main breadwinners, most of the husbands being unable to find work due to the poor economy of the area. The women have an average of 4-6 children, thus working for the cooperative makes a real difference, elevating families from extreme poverty to a decent life. The Cooperative began as an environmental project with the aim of 'cleaning and greening' the local neighbourhood. The project was very successful and their mission expanded into developing 'livelihood opportunities from garbage' - finding ways of creatively reusing materials that would otherwise go into landfill sites and incinerators.By proving that there can be a livelihood in garbage, they have succeeded where the juice manufactures have failed to even try to make a difference (despite several recent acts of parliament to regulate 'ecological solid wastes' in the Philippines). Their mission is now both environmental and social as they work to improve the lives of local women by creating long-term sustainable employment - providing not only fair and regular wages, but also the skills and dignity that a proper job brings.
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