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Product: RECYCLED WOOL BLANKET BAGS

RECYCLED WOOL BLANKET BAGS

Uptodate Impex Private Limited

Description

The world is facing a growing tide of used clothes. Over the past 15 years production of clothing has roughly doubled, while the number of times an article of clothing is worn has declined roughly 37 percent.

Many recyclers of unwanted clothes in Europe, USA & Japan send them to economically under developed countries , where it used to be sold as used clothes , But now to protect the nascent clothing industries the goverments of these countries are slowly banning imports of used clothings for reuse. Also most of these countries , have hot climates unwanted clothes land up in landfills, which is not good

Hence it’s the need of the hour to RECYCLE , REUSE old unwanted clothing.

Our RECYCLED WOOL Bags & articles are made from such unwanted used clothes which are collected from Europe, USA & Japan & shipped to India , where they are sorted out , color wise & material wise into Woolen Blends & Cottons Blends.

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Since age’s these Plastic Canewires baskets were hand weaved , by ladies in house for their personal use. All our grandmother’s had these kind of baskets weaved by themselves or gifted by their friends using recycled Plastic Cane Wires . But slowly these art of basket weaving vanished from most parts of India. But still it is alive in South India, were you see working women & men carry their tiffins to work everyday in these kind of Baskets . They are very long lasting & durable, Average age 20~30 years.
We used to get these bags made a lot some 10 to 15yrs ago . Now again these bags are slowly coming back in fashion in overseas markets . Hence we went to South India , and after scouting around found 3 ladies who are expert in weaving these kind of baskets & with their help , found many other ladies who knew how to make such bags thus we made 3 clusters of 50 ladies each
headed by the 3 expert ladies & now weave these bags in villages in Southern India

Recycled Strap Baskets - ( Recycle, Reuse and Reduce ).

Reused Recycled plastic packing straps and the wire from old car tyres , bamboo strips are woven to create these amazing multicolored floral patterned hand woven recycled plastic basket with
foldable handles . These are handcrafted by refugees settled in the mountains in North Eastern India. This basket weaving is done by both women & their men folks & helps them to augment their income & make a living for their family. Menfolks walk long distances to nearby towns to collect discarded pallet strapping off the streets , often waste from transport & unpacking areas. Since this are made from discarded packing straps, each piece is different coloured ,depending on what color piece of strap the menfolks collect in a day.

Sustainable Rivergrass Baskets

This Baskets are Eco friendly & Sustainable, Handcrafted from Kaunagrass (water reed grass),which is the local name for a reed or rush belonging to the family Cyperaceous, growing in the wetlands of Imphalvalleyin north eastern India. The stem is cylindrical, soft &spongy, which iswoven into baskets around a wooden mold,by the women from Manipur. This has given an additional income to these marginalized tribal households & most important a financial independence to the women.Our baskets are made by a group of about 100+ woman from the Meitei Tribe.

All the above basket projects , fulfils many of the United Nations SDG . As the basket weaving contributes to augmenting the household incomes & also empowers Women, thus helps in gender equality in income generation & reducing poverty & hunger . Also being recycled Plastic , it is recyclable & Sustainable , and it helps in reducing the plastic waste pile up and does help in overall sanitation.