About our Bags
- Durable and Stylish
- Made with eco-friendly recycled materials
- Innovative long & short handles
- Carry by hand or over the shoulder
- Strong material weight of 10oz.
- Handmade in the U.S.A.
Our bags are made from 80% Ecotec™ - a blended cotton yarn produced from the excess fabric
of newly made clothing - and 20% Bottle Bag material - material made from 100% recycled soda bottles.
This unique manufacturing process from Enviro-Tote saves land, energy and water. Plus, since we donate 100% of profits to environmental charities,
these have to be hands down the most eco-friendly reusable bags you can find anywhere!
Why Canvas?
Canvas cotton bags are recyclable, strong, reusable and reliable for many years.
Polypropylene Bags (the 99 cent ones from your local market) are plastic,
not biodegradable and cannot be made from recycled material; therefore putting
them in the same category as the plastic grocery bags we are trying to eliminate from the planet.
They tear easily, are inexpensive and are perceived as a disposable item.
They will find their way into the landfills next to the paper and plastic.
About Recycled Materials
According to the Council for Textile Recycling, 25,000 tons of new textile fiber
is disposed of by North American spinning mills, weavers and fabric manufacturers each year.
Technology now exists to make new cotton yarn from gin waste, commercial fabric trimmings and mills ends.
Recycled cotton is recovered cotton that would be wasted during the spinning, weaving and cutting processes.
Up to 40% of cotton grown is wasted between the harvest and the manufacture of garments.
In the past, this waste went directly into landfills, but we use it to make durable and stylish totes.
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