*HELP MAKE THE WORLD CARRIER BAG FREE - BUY A DOY BAG TODAY

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 or simply litter the waterways and streets. Doy Bags are made by a women's cooperative in the Philippines – which means that every single person involved in the production of the bags has a say in how things are run. In addition to receiving a fair and living wage, the cooperative provides safe and hygienic working conditions, reasonable working hours (i.e. no forced overtime). 

The cooperative makes a real difference, elevating families from extreme poverty to a decent life.  No children or minors are permitted to work for the cooperative under any circumstances. The co-operative began as an environmental project with the aim of ‘cleaning and greening’ the localneighbourhood. The co-operative provides employment to over 200 local women. By buying Doy fairly traded bags you can be sure that you are helping to improve the lives of these disadvantaged women and their families.

DID YOU KNOW?

The energy saving from recycling one bottle will:

• Power a 100 watt light bulb for almost an hour
• Power a computer for 25 minutes
• Power a colour TV for 20 minutes
• Power a washing machine for 10 minutes

Every household in the UK uses on average 331 bottles and jars per year. If the average household recycled all their glass they would save enough energy to:

• Power a 100 watt light bulb for 12.5 days
• Power a computer for 5 days
• Power a colour TV for nearly 4.5 days, enough to watch 210 episodes of
Coronation Street
• Power a washing machine for 2.5 days

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