Fair-trade Hemp Washcloth

$12.99 $9.99

Fair-trade Hemp Washcloth

$12.99 $9.99

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Good for your skin, good for the environment and good for the people who hand-made it. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? This hemp bag can be used as a exfoliating soap bag or as a washcloth for dishes. Hand-made in rural Bangladesh.


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** All orders shipped 100% Plastic-Free in Recycled boxes.

DETAILS

  • Made of 100% natural, hand-crocheted hemp fibre that provides gentle exfoliation 
  • Size: 7"W x 7" H 
  • Harvested, spun and hand-knit by Bangladeshi artisans - a fair trade product
  • Hemp fibre is naturally anti-bacterial and does not require the use of pesticides to grow

MATERIAL

100% hemp fibre

CARE INFO

Hand-wash with cold water and hang to dry

TIPS AND INSIGHTS

This hemp washcloth comes with a hemp twine that can be used to hang-dry the bag.

You can reduce waste by composting this bag when it is time to dispose it. The material is 100% compostable - it may take some time, but it will decompose. You can speed the process by giving more points of contact i.e rip it to shreds and then compost. Since it has no harmful dyes, bleach or colors, it is safe to compost as well

ARTISAN INFO

Hemp soap bag artist info

Prokritee (means 'nature' in Bengali) provides skills development training to artisans. This organization creates and promotes income–generating projects that benefit the artisans, adhere to good safety and environmental standards, and have the potential to become self–reliant.

Prokritee and its enterprises provide jobs for poor rural women. By providing jobs for them, Prokritee improves their standard of living and helps them send their children to school.