What is an eco-friendly bag?

There is no clear definition of a green bag. “Green” and “Eco-friendly” have turned into buzz words, claimed by many brands to persuade environmentally aware customers to buy their products. Therefore Project GreenBag is opening up to show you the customer our definition of an eco-friendly bag.

Fabric

Our soft, durable cotton is certified organic from seed to finished product. It is grown without herbicides or pesticides, dyed and printed with eco friendly certified dyes – making our organic product better for you and better for the planet.

Printing

Project GreenBag uses inks that are free of lead and other heavy metal salts often used in colorants.  Our inks contain no solvents that evaporate or cure off into the air. They are Phthalate free and are compliant to U.S. and CA. standards for children’s wear. No ink is ever discarded into waste streams or landfill. Our press cleaning solvents are biodegradable, non-petroleum products. Our screen clean up is closed stream, i.e. solvent tank is contained and when exhausted, picked up, filtered, distilled and recycled to other users – waste sludge is burned as fuel for power generation.

Multifunctional

Can you imagine using a Wholefoods bag while shopping at Target? How about a Trader Joe’s bag shopping at your favorite retail store? Yeah we didn’t think so either. That is why a Project GreenBag is so great! Now you can shop plastic/paper bag free wherever you want and not be embarrassed about cross branding.

Biodegradable

Project GreenBag only uses natural fabrics. What comes from nature returns to nature. And let’s be honest, nothing last forever. Eventually your bag can/will end up in a landfill. That is why we never use manmade synthetic fabrics such as polyester or polypropylene (poly bags).

Made in the USA

Project GreenBag is operated, designed and manufactured right here in San Francisco USA. Not shipped thousands of miles overseas. That means job for Americans and much smaller footprint on the environment.

Sweatshop free

It’s no secret that sweatshop labor is behind much of the clothing and accessories sold today. The media and nonprofits on the ground overseas report on factory bosses paying starvation wages, forcing employees to work unpaid overtime, denying sick days and retaliating against workers who seek better treatment. Such practices may lead to cheap clothing on the consumer end, but more shoppers are saying they don’t want low prices to come at the expense of workers—in the US and around the world.

Durability

Sure, buying a bag for $1 is cheap but think about how much production goes into that one bag. Now multiply that by the number of times you have to buy another one because the product you are buying is not durable. Buying one quality piece may cost a bit more up front, but the lasting quality goes a much longer way for the environment.