6 weeks ago #carebags #gotit! #reusablebags and #coolearth partnered with a young local sewing professional in #playagigante #tola #rivas #nicaragua. We brought our manuafacturing experience and expertise, and a great logo. The project started out with design experiments using up-cycled old sheets. Finally the design and printing techniques were honed and the end product, sold at the #bestbeachfront #accommodation #coolplaces #minimarket, is selling like mad. The bags are now

Nicaraguan Start up - with Carebags

Firstly how do you know when a product is #local, if there is no tag? No tag means.... it's not made in #Canada. Do some vendors with cute #ecobag products skirt the rules - probably. There are lots of inexpensive, poor quality imports that get packaged in #Canada and the packaging says - Made in Canada - because the packaging is Made in Canada. Here google becomes our best research friend. It's easy to find out if the seller is actually manufacturing in #Canada #carebags ha

Carebags started as a local enterprise in 1990 The company went dormant after a few years I restarted #Carebags in 2008, committed to #local production 12 years later we are the leading brand in #Canada for #reusable #produce,#bulk food and #nutmilk bags I’ve always maintained that globalization is not good for the planet. It provides cheaper goods at incredible human and environmental costs. It all but killed our local clothing manufacturing sector in Canada. Especially late