Reusable Bags

reusablebags.com is the site that I mentioned in today's class. The company's mission is to spread the word and stop the overconsumption of plastic bags.

For instance, the following product is made up of used juice containers. The company thus not only helps the environment but is also bettering the lives of poor women entrepreneurs.
http://www.reusablebags.com/store/basura-bags-small-insulated-lunch-p-649.html

Here is an excerpt from the description that follows:

About Basura Bags

Basura Bags come from a women’s co-op in the Philippines that set up a Livelihood Project assisted by the local village council. With almost no capital, the women found a very clever way to support themselves.

Every day, children from the local schools collect over 50,000 used drink containers, called doy packs, then sell them to the co-op. The bags are sanitized and the women sew them together into attractive, durable bags.

Unlike most third world factory workers toiling away in sweatshops, these women are entrepreneurs and shareholders. They work for themselves and have a positive impact on their community and, at the same time, they encourage environmentalism.

It's estimated that millions of juice containers get thrown in the trash everyday in the Philippines.