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RAGBAG is a brand for fair and upcycled products from India. We make fashionable recycled products, such as: shoulderbags, messenger bags, laptop bags, backpacks, wallets, etc.
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Ragbag® is a brand for fair and upcycled bags and
accessories, produced in India and designed by
talented European designers.
The materials are collected by ‘ragpickers’ and the
production is done by small fabricators in the slums
of New Delhi, Calcutta and in a small village in Tamil
Nadu (India).
OUR PRINCIPLES:
• FAIR > We are providing pleasant working conditions and a
fair income for the workers at our producing partners.
• UPCYCLED > Our products are made from waste materials,
such as: used plastic bags, used tea sacks and waste textiles
from the fashion industry.
• FASHION > We work with talented European designers,
combined with the creative input and handicraft skills from
our Indian producers.
Tamil Nadu
Our partner in Tamil Nadu (South India) is Green innovations. They work
with ragpickers, who collect used tea sacks (big-bags) at tea factories,
restaurants and hotels. This strong and water-resistant material is washed,
cut into patterns and sewn into new products in a small rooftop factory.
The project is creating work and income for approximately 15 women and 5
men in Tamil Nadu.
Every bag has its own unique print, depending
on the tea plantation where it comes from.
Laptop bag
Messenger bag
• Material: recycled tea sacks
• Size: 40 x 30 x 12 cm
• Side pocket, front pocket (zipper)
and laptop compartment
• Material: recycled tea sacks
• Size: 35 x 30-40 x 8 cm
• Adjustable size: 30-40 cm
• Front pocket (zipper) and two
inside compartments
Office bag
Backpack
Wallet
• Material: recycled tea sacks
• Size: 11 x 10 x 2 cm
• Credit cards (4 + 10 back)
• Coins compartment
• Banknotes / receipts
• Material: recycled tea sacks
• Size: 40 x 30 x 20 cm
• Front pocket (zipper)
• Side pocket (bottle holder)
• Laptop compartment
• Material: recycled tea sacks
• Size: 40 x 30 x 10 cm
• Front pocket (zipper)
• Laptop compartment
Shoppers
• Material: recycled tea sacks
• Small: 39 x 36 x 1 cm
• Medium: 40 x 40 x 10 cm
• Large: 45 x 40 x 20
• Logo printing possible
Delhi
Our partner in Delhi is Conserve. They work with ‘ragpickers’, who collect plastic
waste in the streets and sell it to the collection centre. Plastic rags are washed,
dried and separated by colour. The plastic then goes in a machine, which presses
them into thicker sheets. These colourful sheets are cut in patterns and sewn
into bags.
The project is creating work and income for more than 60 ragpickers, people at
the collection centres and fabricators in the workshop.
New Delhi
Shoulderbags
Shoulderbag Mini
• Design: Ellen Sillekens
• Material: recycled plastic foil
• Size: 35 x 30 x 8 cm
• Colour: 5 combinations
• Inside two pockets (zipper)
• Size: 26 x 21 x 8 cm
• Colour: 5 combinations
• Inside pocket (zipper)
• Outside pocke
Wallet
Organizer
• Material: recycled plastic foil
• Size: 15,5 x 12 x 1,5 cm
• Two sliding pockets inside
• Credit cards (5 pcs)
• Material: recycled plastic foil
• Size: 12 x 8 x 1 cm
• Credit cards (3 pockets + 10 back)
• Coins compartment
• Banknotes / receipts
Backpack
Delhi backpacks are made from recycled
canvas from brake parachute carrying
bags from the Indian Airforce.
They are available in two colours:
Airforce Blue
Airforce Green
• Material: recycled canvas
• Size: 38 x 30 x 12 cm
• Two front pockets (zipper)
• Two colours: Blue and Green
Calcutta
Our partner in Calcutta/Kolkata (India) is Fairdeal Crafts
Organisation. They work with women in small villages,
who collect used sari's and other 'rags'.
This fair trade organisation works with small family
companies to process waste cotton into colourfull new
fabrics and bags..
Shoulderbags
Calcutta Collection
• Design: Vera Winthagen
• Material: recycled textile (cotton)
• Size: 35 x 30-40 x 10 cm
• Colour: Sunset (yellow, red, blue)
• Outside pocket (zipper)
• Inside two compartments
Mobile bags
Calcutta mobile bags are made from waste
textile and cut-offs from the fashion industry.
The fabrics are hand-woven and available in
seven colours.
• Size: 14 x 9 x 1 cm
• 7 colours
Cushions
Calcutta Cushions are made from waste textile and cut-offs from the fashion industry. The
fabrics are hand-woven in colourfull combinations, and available in three sizes:
• Small (35 x 50 cm)
• Medium (50 x 70 cm)
• Large (70 x 100 cm)
Ragbag is started in 2005 by Siem Haffmans, a sustainable designer, after
visiting New Delhi and meeting Anita Ahuya from Conserve on a
conference about EcoDesign. Together with Conserve and designer Ellen
Sillekens the first Delhi collection was designed an launched.
In 2008 the second Calcutta collection was launched, designed by Vera
winthagen and made from recycled textiles (waste cotton yarn).
In 2011 the Teabag collection was launched, made in Tamil Nadu (south
India).
Ragbag has won several prices, such as:
• Business in Development – BiD Challange
• “Ei van Columbus” Award
• European Business Award for the Environment
• Brand with a Conscience Award
More information:
Ragbag, Veemarkt 228, 1019 DG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(+31) 20 3304096
www.ragbag.eu