Our 100% cotton canvas tote bags have plenty of room to carry everything you need when you are on the go. They include a bottom & side gusset and extra long handles for easy carrying.

• 10 oz heavyweight natural cotton canvas fabric
  
• Full side and bottom gusset
  
• 24" reinforced self-fabric handles
  
• Machine washable
  
• Measures 10 1/2" x 14" x 5"
  
• MOP Design on one side
  
• Strong enough to use as a grocery bag alternative.
  

A Better Shopping Bag

Paper or Plastic? How about neither! A simple change from a disposable to a 100% cotton bag when shopping makes a world of difference.

Not only does using a cotton totebag save a tree or a barrel of oil - it makes your shopping trip a whole lot easier and it's much more fun to carry home your fruit & veggies in a MOP designed bag :) We sincerely hope that our bags will help to eliminate the destructive overuse of disposable bags.

Worldwide, hundreds of billions of plastic bags are consumed each year. Less than 3% are recycled; the rest are clogging landfills, blowing down our streets and threatening wildlife. Because of their negative environmental impact, from manufacturing to disposal, many countries are banning or taxing plastic bag use (as much as 20 cents per bag!). As petroleum based products, the cost of plastic bags will continue to rise, being passed on to consumers. As tax payers, we are also bearing the staggering costs of clean up and disposal, estimated at 5.2 cents per bag.

Some fast facts:

• Worldwide, an estimated 4 billion plastic bags end up as litter each year. Tied end to end that's enough to circle the earth 63 times.
  
• The plastic bags that have inundated our planet are derived from a non-renewable resource; they never break down completely; they strangle wildlife and they clog single stream recycling machinery.
  
• According to the American Forest and Paper Association, in 1999 the U.S. alone used 10 billion paper grocery bags, requiring 14 million trees to be cut down (and as we know, deforestation is a major contributor to global warming).
  
• Paper bags cannot be made from recycled products, they're not strong enough. The paper bag manufacturing process adds deadly toxins to the environment. In short, paper bags are no more environmentally friendly than plastic.
  

We believe that each of us can make a difference. Just imagine if everyone took this one small step. Imagine the world without all of that waste - that would make the world a better place.