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PACKAGING SUPPLIERSI
TOTE BAG SUPPLIER : ECO BAGS
Mission Statement : Cleaning up the planet, one bag at a time.
Eco-Bags Products, Inc. opened for business in 1989 with a simple goal; to produce quality bags at cgreat prices so that “Reusable becomes
a way of life.” We started with the ECOBAGS Brand Classic String Bag, a simple lightweight, expandable cotton net bag used in Europe for
generations, long before paper and plastic bags. We introduced our bags at the 1990 Earth Day celebration on Sixth Avenue in New York City.
The bags were a hit and we sold out in four hours!
We understood that single-use plastic bags are wasteful and costly to the environment and citizens and that “bringing our own bags” (BYOB)
would make a difference.
We imagined the reusable bag movement growing but we didn't know when it would tip. We were called “social change agents” and
“pioneers” for bringing a radical concept to market (mostly through the natural products industry.) We believed, as we do today, that bringing
our own bags to the store is the first step of many steps toward creating a world with less waste. Today, there are movements all over world,
banning and taxing single-use plastic bags, creating a “reusable-revolution.” We're thrilled!
Everyone is beginning to understand that when you “throw away” a single-use plastic bag, there is no “away” and that wanting to live in a
clean environment means you need to participate in keeping it clean. Films like “BagIt” are reaching into communities and schools with this
message. Local and state governments are crafting legislation. It's time.
ECOBAGS brand products have always been produced in socially responsible environments, even before “social responsibility” was a buzz
term. We were very fortunate to find ethical production partners for our brand, in India, more than twenty years ago.
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