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Sara Bella Hand-crafted, Eco-Friendly Satchel Bag

Sara Bella Eco-Friendly Satchel Bag Product Summary:

This Eco-Friendly Satchel serves equally well as a roomy purse.
It is hand crafted & artistically designed, utilizing repurposed, salvaged materials (Up-Cycled) which are then fused together with heat for strength.
Each and every Satchel is laid out with caring thought to essentially become a functional, fashionable piece of art.
These Satchels are something to be proud of, and they make a statement to all who notice, about your environmental commitment to out earth.
By purchasing this product you are supporting a progressive company that is on the leading edge of a global movement.
Every bag you buy saves dozens of bags from entering the waste steam, and in turn, you get an excellent, hand made, durable, one of a kind accessory.

Suggested Uses for these Satchel Bags:

Designed for women, these Sara Bella Satchels which serve equally well as roomy purses, are sophisticated, stylish, fashionable and functional accessories, designed to complement your environmentally conscious lifestyle, while making a statement about your values with every passerby.

Tips for Use:

Do not expose to sharp objects. If ever the product is damaged, please contact us so the we can help you ship the item back for repair. Most repairs run between $10-$25.

Materials used to construct this Eco-Satchel Bag:

Straps, buttons and clips which encompass less than 5% of the total bag, are made from mixed virgin and recycled materials.
Body of bag, including laminate (95% of materials) is made from 100% salvaged, repurposed materials.
This makes these Satchels (small messenger bags) extremely Eco-friendly options, even when compared to other eco-friendly bags made from 100% recycled plastic materials.

Eco Friendly Satchel Bag Specifications:

Dimensions: Bag is 13" wide x 10" tall x 4" thick (approximately)
Weight: 12 oz

Sara Bella Bag Guarantee:

If you are not completely satisfied with your bag, you can return it within the terms with our Return Policy. Pieces of peeling wrapper materials are character marks that add to the individual beauty of each unique, hand-made bag. If however, any peeling or delamination seems to be an issue affecting the strength or functionality of your eco-friendly Satchel Bag, you can return it to us. If upon inspection, we deem it is defective, we will repair it for you free of charge (we'll even pay associated shipping charges). If it is damaged due to normal wear and tear, we can repair it for a reasonable fee, typically $15-$25 plus shipping.

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	Great Bag!!
	I just bought one of these on a whims a few weeks ago and absolutely love it! I can't tell you how many conversations have been struck up over it. It's the perfect "conversation" starter to help spread the "green" word. I love the fact that it's made out of scraps (so-to-speak) and not virgin materials. I also really like the write up on the woman who makes them. She sounds like a wonderful person. I like supporting people like that whenever I can. One word of caution. If you are an introvert, and do not like to be in conversation, I would warn against buying one of these, because they really do grab attention since they look like nothing most people have seen before. Otherwise, if you want something completely original for a non-original price, this is the bag for you!
	Reviewed by: Tree Hugger from Asheville, NC. on 3/20/2012

Sara Bella Manufacturer Information

Why we chose Sara Bella...

Pros:

Sara Bella has Saved over 38,500 plastic bags and wrappers from entering into the waste stream due to the manufacturing and sales of their products.
Each and every bag is as unique as a snowflake as no two are alike.
Sara Bella is active in community service and hires workers with developmental disabilities through Abilitree.
Sara Bella manufacturing shop is located in a LEED certified building that incorporates passive solar into the design, saving heating energy in the winter and lighting energy all year round.
The building management team (the lessor) also purchases wind power offsets for the remaining energy consumed in Sara Bella's operations.
Sara (the owner of Sara Bella) has taught and continues to teach many folks how to UpCycle, by offering free classes in an effort to help decrease landfill waste, lower manufacturer demand for virgin materials and reduce the pollution involved in these standard manufacturing processes.
She is proud to have a voice in Banning the Single Use Plastic Bag and hopes that some day she'll go out of business for lack of plastic bags (her base material)!
Sara is a woman who's passion to help the environment and the people of her community go well beyond the profit motive. She is intent on doing good by way of her business as well as her everyday actions and only seeks enough profit to keep her dream alive.

Neutral:

None.

Cons:

That there aren't more businesses run like Sara Bella's with a primary focus on community and the environment.

Notes:

Use caution when choosing any recycled bag manufacturer. Take this statement for example, "This eco friendly tote bag is made from 80% recycled water bottles. It Includes matte lamination which is tear resistant and water repellent." Because of the tricky wording, this could mean that as little as 1% of the bag was made from an 80% recycled water bottle. It also excludes the "matte lamination" from the recycled content due to the wording. Choose a manufacturer you trust... and run with it!

Sara Bella Small Eco-Messenger Bag - Green Ratings

Green Rating:

5

Green Rating Breakdown:

Life: 5
Source: 5
Packaging: 5
Manufacturing: 5
Product Content: 5

Green Rating Details:

Life: Sara Bella's products are surprising durable and built to last a long time with a little care. They typically reinforce their medium to larger bags with multiple layers of re-purposed materials, followed by a heat transfer system to fuse some of the layers together to enhance strength. In addition, their products are typically fully reparable should they become damaged for any reason, thereby further enhancing the sustainable viability of most every product that they sell.
Source: 95% All of the materials used in Sara Bella products are sourced right here in Bend, OR so there is virtually no transportation involved in the production of her products. The resulting products are lightweight, and therefor can be shipped around the country while having very little impact on the environment.
Packaging: Sara Bella Products do not require any packaging and the filling that they are sometimes shipped stuffed with, is always from salvaged and never virgin materials.
Manufacturing: Sara Bella is serious about recycling. They also compost when generating food waste. Their facility if powered by wind energy credits and their operation resides in a LEED certified building, where passive solar generates much of their daytime heat energy. 95% of the materials Sara Bella utilizes are materials that were destined to the landfill, therefor their is very minimal negative environmental impact from their operations, and very positive impact due to the "up-cycling" of potential trash. From trash to Treasure is one of their motto's.
Product Content: Made from approximately 95% Salvaged, re-purposed materials that would have found their way to the landfill,these bags couldn't get any greener. The primary materials used are old tarps, billboard displays, food wrappers and/or packaging and plastic bags of many different types.

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