Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Sustainable toggles - problem solved

One of the problems we had with the design was the toggles.  In order to make the product as sustainable as possible it was important that even the toggles came from renewable or sustainable wood sources.  We considered all sorts of things but none were really good enough.  Then our manufacturer in Kolkata suggested the possibility of using twigs that had fallen from branches naturally.  We liked that idea, so after a little bit of digging around we managed to find a source.  As a result the bags will have toggles made from twigs that are literally collected from the floor, cut and shaped to our specification and then drilled.  We reckon it is pretty sustainable and they look fanatic as well!

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