Our soft, durable cotton is certified organic from seed to finished product. It is grown without herbicides or pesticides, dyed and printed with eco friendly certified dyes - making our organic product better for you and better for the planet.

Project GreenBag uses inks that are free of lead and other heavy metal salts often used in colorants.  Our inks contain no solvents that evaporate or cure off into the air. They are Phthalate free and are compliant to U.S. and CA. standards for children’s wear.

No ink is ever discarded into waste streams or landfill. Our press cleaning solvents are biodegradable, non-petroleum products. Our screen clean up is closed stream, i.e. solvent tank is contained and when exhausted, picked up, filtered, distilled and recycled to other users – waste sludge is burned as fuel for power generation.

Project GreenBag only uses natural fabrics. What comes from nature returns to nature. And let's be honest, nothing last forever. Eventually your bag can/will end up in a landfill. That is why we never use manmade synthetic fabrics such as polyester or polypropylene (poly bags).

Sure, buying a bag for $1 is cheap but think about how much production goes into that one bag. Now multiply that by the number of times you have to buy another one because the product you are buying is not durable. Buying one quality piece may cost a bit more up front, but the lasting quality goes a much longer way for the environment.

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Lost in “green” textiles? Heard of GOTS, Oeko-Tex, NOP, FLO or ILO but not sure what’s behind it all? The Eco-Textile Labeling Guide provides valuable information about the latest organic textile standards and eco-textile certification including a number of ethical and fair trade standards. It is designed for manufacturers of textiles, apparel retailers and brands who want to find out which eco standards are most suitable for them and how to source products that have a minimal negative effect on the environment.

The Guide was researched, written and edited by Mowbray Communication Limited (MCL), publisher of Ecotextile News and published in partnership with Messe Frankfurt.

“Exhibitors and visitors at Texworld and Interstoff keep asking questions such as ‘What kind of eco labels are there?’; ‘What is the difference between them?’; ‘Can I sell my organic cotton shirts in Europe and the US?’; ‘What are the basic certification procedures?’ ‘What does it all cost’?” says Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management at Messe Frankfurt. “This book is a real reference tool which answers all these questions. To my knowledge it is the most comprehensive publication about eco-textile certification to date.”

The guidebook is divided into four main sections.

Obligatory Organic Textile Standards
This chapter outlines the main legal standards for organic textiles in the USA, EU and Japan, e.g. USDA National Organic Programme (NOP), EU: 2092/91, Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS).

Optional Organic Textile Standards
These organic standards are voluntary but have to be in accord with the obligatory standards outlined above. Standards like GOTS, OE 100 Blended, IWTO organic wool and others belong to that group.

Eco-Textile Standards
These standards do not incorporate organic standards but focus on textile production processes and consumer safety such as Oeko-Tex, Bluesign, Cradle to Cradle and other.

Ethical Production and Fair Trade
Environmental friendly production and social aspects often cannot be separated from each other. This chapter deals with social standards like ILO Labour Standards, FLO (Fairtrade labelling organisation), SA8000, Fairwear Foundation etc.

Also, the guidebook introduces important certification companies such as Control Union, IMO, OneCert Inc and others. A glossary at the end of the book explains technical terms. Tables and bullet points enable the reader to receive an overview at a glance and to easily compare the standards.