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Doy Bags - Cute, Useful, Oh So Unique!
Who would have ever thought recycling could get this cute, and useful too? Doy Bags creates shopping totes, bags and more, all out of juice packs. Since the juice packs are not able to be recycled and can only be incinerated or added to our ever-increasing landfills, Doy found a much better approach: Save the non-biodegradable packs and build a 500-woman cooperative in the Philippines committed to making attractive and useful items. The women make a fair income and are able to support their families, the landfills are minus the trash, and those of us who purchase from Doy Bags have unique and useful items.
I have myself a very colorful Doy Bag for shopping like the one pictured above. It’s a durable 12″w x 12.5″H tote made of Drysdale mixed fruit juice packs, and I love it! It’s been great for the beach, and since it’s so strong, I can really pack it full. My toddler loves pointing to the colorful fruit, and he competes with me over who can carry it next. It’s nice to know owning one means keeping the juice packs out of the landfills, too. And since the Doy Bags cooperative has been such a big part of teaching their community to recycle, I have lots of reasons to feel good about the bag.
Interestingly, because of this project and the unique reuse of the juice packs, it’s not uncommon to spot a Philippino enjoying his or her juice upside-down! By turning the packs upside-down
Piercing the Juice Pack from the Bottom so Doy Bags can Reuse!
and piercing them from the bottom, the packs are more easily used and are more sturdy since the little straw hole at the top hasn’t been pierced. Who knows, perhaps the trend can spread here as well! I think we could learn something about recycling our “unrecyclables” from Doy Bags.
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I like the Sunkissed Tutti-Fruitti Petal Bag.
I love the apple bag on the front page. The sunkist bags are really cute also.
8/27 entry. I like the Drysdale Mixed Fruits (small packs) Lunch Box. Thanks!
These are so cute! My favorite is the Petal Bag Drysdale Apple (small packs) bag! Thanks
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What a great way to recycle! Thanks for sharing!
liked the Resort Bags Dark Denim
What great bags!! I love this one:
Tote Bag
Sunkist Calamansi
The petal bag is so cute!!!
I also liked the Big Market Bag – Drysdale Apple ( small packs).
I like the Fruit/Tidy Tray in Tomato Sauce.
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I love the Katie bracelet in purple tones. Never saw the jewelry until now…very cool!
love the Planet Rice Sack Everyday Bag.,,,
I thought the Drysdale Mixed Fruits (small packs) Shopping Bag was bright and attractive!
I like the Resort Bag in Dark Denim Mixed Fruits (Small Packs)
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I like the belts…very unique! Thanks!
I like the Pink Sunkist Tutti-Frutti Bag.
Great looking bags.I like that they have asked everyone to drink up sidedown so there is no straw hole .Great bags and a large selection! My favorite is the Shoulder Bag with flap in Choc-O,thats sweet!
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like the big market bag with the drysdale apple
sunday entry
I like the Curvy Handbag with Zip -Sun Glo Lychee.
The Rice Sack Everyday Bag, Special Edition Magnolia is a nice bag.
Ok, the Choco big market bag keeps making me giggle… I might need one of those
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I love the lion rice sack
My faorites are the Pink Sunkist and the Small Handbag; thanks for the fun of entering your contest. Thanks SW
I like the Apple Bag.
I found the manufacturing process fascinating. I wonder where else in the world this could be applied.
Love the Woven Coin Purse
I like the Tote Bag Rice Sack/Sunkissed Mixed Fruits.
I like Ella Earrings from recycled paper.
Thanks for the chance to win a Prize!
I thought the Big Market Bag – Drysdale Mango ( large packs ) was attractive and useful!
I like the Sunkist Tutti Frutti apple bag!
Hello, i love the big market bag and i really like the tomato bags. thanks
I like the pink sunkist.
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I love the Drysdale Apple Big Market bag. Of course, I will fill it, and wonder why I have a back ache, but, I think it looks just great!
Big Market Bag Drysdale Mixed Fruits (large packs) is so cool. I would absolutely lug my produce around in something that neat.
I like the tutti frutti apple bag. Very cool!
I like the Choc-O Big Market Bag. Thanks!
i like the Necklace “Melissa”
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hello, i like the large market bags, i like the drysdale mango bag. thanks
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