Ragbag®

Ragbag®

Ragbags are fashionable products made from recycled plastic bags by deprived people in the slums of Delhi, providing them and their families ‘means of livelihood’ and gain access to more opportunities. The production is done by rag pickers, collection centers where people wash and clean the bags and fabricators who make them into new products.

Ragbag products are designed by young European designers. The pilot-collection, which are now being tested in 20 shops in the Netherlands and Germany, consists of: city bag, organizers and wallets. Currently the pilot collection is being improved and extended with new designs for a rucksack and a shopper.

At this moment the project provides independent jobs to over 50 people (mainly woman). If the project is successfully implemented this can grow to 120-200 people in 2007. Whole families can be supported by developing the collection centers and small fabricators. Communities can become cleaner and better places to live in.