Did anyone read that this bag, which sold for a fiver and sold out very quickly, is being criticised because it was manufactured in China where those who make them are paid 20-30p an hour, also because of the carbon used to fly the bags over.
This concerns me if true. Stores such as Primark are also promoting organic clothes but what about the conditions of the workers who are being employed to make them?
I logged into a site yesterday called [link= http://www.cleanupfashion.co.uk ]www.cleanupfashion.co.uk[/link] and the results made very interesting reading.
So, something might be "green" but be very unethical. Its a sad world we live in where people are exploited and their health potentially put at risk so that we can buy a cheap top from Primark for a fiver, organic or not.
RE: I am not a plastic bag
it keeps someone in employment!
RE: I am not a plastic bag
Have you read some of the conditions that these people work under?
RE: I am not a plastic bag
this is a thorny one, because people do need to work in these countries, but we need to send a clear message that we don't want people exploited for our benefit.
We can do this by writing to the supermarkets and by buying existing fair traded products. These big stores will only change if they know we want them to change, and they see shops that sell fair-traded stuff taking their market share.
When you go into these chains if you see a manager ask if they have any plans to stock/increase their range of fair traded/organic stuff. If enough people do this, the message will get passed to head office.
I used to do this with free range eggs before they became common place in supermarkets and look how that succeeded 😉
And - one more point! - we should all be asking ourselves if we really need all this stuff before we buy it.
RE: I am not a plastic bag
As an alternative, for £2, you can get a large hessian bag from TK Maxx which opens up squarly and is excellent for shopping, holding about 2-3 times what you would get in a plastic bag, and much stronger. We use these when we shop, and Tescos gives us 2 or 3 green points per bag (depending on the cashier) because of their size.
That's my tip for the day.
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