A special edition bag from Doy Bags, made from recycled rice sacks.
Benefits:
- A stylish bag that is sure to get you noticed
- Strong and durable so very toddlerproof
- Made to strict fair trade standards
- Strong fabric gusset and straps
- Straps are long enough to fit over your shoulder and tuck the bag in neatly to your side
- Fully lined
- 2 internal pockets to keep phone, keys, purse to hand
- Secure popper fastening
Rice is an absolute staple food in the Philippines (the average Filipino eats nearly 2.5 kg of rice a week) and the colourful sacks that it is transported and purchased in are discarded in large quantities across the country. The tough, plasticised threads are strong and waterproof with bright and often rather quirky designs, but are not biodegradable so reusing them in this way reduces landfill.
Approx. 16in/41cm wide (bottom), 14in/36cm wide (top), 12in/31cm high, 4in/10cm deep (at the bottom).
Please note, these are handmade items and each one is unique. Your bag may have the images placed slightly differently but will still look stunning.
About Doy Bags
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.
Doy Bags are made by our women's cooperative in the Philippines. The large number of bags and household items produced every year prevents vast quantities of juice packs from being burnt, buried or simply littering the streets and waterways.
Doy Bags are proud to provide employment to over 200 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. Functioning as a sort of extended family enterprise, the cooperative also employs 11 young men (adult sons of some of the women) as drivers, packers and warehousemen.
