Doy Bags website
Personal comment: I saw this bag for the first time at a special market in Zurich. I was drawn to them because of their happy colouring and graphic design. The bags looked familiar to me. It turned out that they are made in the Philippines from used juice packs. I remembered where I've seen them before: in Luzon's grocery shops!
And really, they make very sturdy shopping bags. Not only can you track back and see who made it (a women's cooperative in the Philippines), also the design and labeling (branding) makes clear who was using and producing the "raw material" before it ended up becoming a bag! Forget the shopping bags made from hemp or plastic or cotton or whatever, by whomever, wherever. Get these ones that reuse what has been produced anyways. On top of it you support skillful women in the Philippines managed by people in the UK who know what sells on western markets! I think investing in a business in poorer countries through a fair purchase is better than donating money to "you don't know what exactly - a charity" and worth the shipping - in the end, you also have something from it. Give and take makes harmony.
My message to Doy Bags: Thanks for these joyful and sturdy bags! Thanks for giving women in the Philippines jobs so that they don't have to go abroad to earn money for the family and miss seeing their children growing up! Thanks for taking a little bit of the rubbish off the streets in the Phillippines! Thanks for this great business model! If ever you could need a designer or any other help that involves design thinking and transforming waste, please let me know! I'm interested in this venture to be sustainable and grow steady and healthy - not only because I'm passionate about turning trash into treasure but also because I believe in the confidence, kindness and ambition of many Filipinas!
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