Upcycled Cement Bags Hoxton Backpack (different Variants)
The Hoxton is a fair trade backpack that is a medium size between our best sellers Camden and Brixton backpacks. It is handmade by the artisans in Cambodia from recycled cement bags and inner tubes. It is big enough to carry all your favourites, including books and laptop. It is stylish and features a great design with different pockets inside and one zip pocket outside. It comes with a padded divider that will help protect your laptop. The cement bags and tyres at the bottom make this backpack really strong and durable. Its purchase contributes to creating job opportunities and to continuing keeping waste out of landfill. Plus, we’ll plant one tree for each backpack sold!
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Specs
Backpack size approx H: 37cm x L: 27cm x W: 13cm
A 13 inch laptop would fit in this backpack.
A 13 inch laptop should measure:
- Length: 31 cm
- Width: 22 cm
- Thickness: 1.5cm
Impact
Cement Bag
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The Hoxton is a fair trade backpack that is made out of recycled cement bags and inner tubes.
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There’s a lot more to Lost in Samsara’s ethical accessories than first meets the eye.
All of the handy everyday accessories in their collection – wallets, purses, earrings, card holders and more – are upcycled, made from materials that would otherwise be headed for landfill. Environmental impact throughout the manufacturing process is kept as low as possible, with products designed to last too. It’s an antidote to throwaway fashion.
On top of eco-friendly credentials, Lost in Samsara’s ethical accessories have a social purpose. They create job opportunities for disadvantaged artisans, who work in small co-operatives, all of which are Fairtrade certified or work strictly to fair trade principles.
By providing vocational training, good working conditions and fair wages, Lost in Samsara and their partners help these artisans on a path to economic empowerment and long-term stability. Not to mention giving their confidence and overall wellbeing a boost.
Then there’s the benefit to the wider community. Empowering individual artisans massively reduces poverty in the area where they live and work, so the impact is far reaching and long lasting.
Lost in Samsara’s commitment to giving back to the Earth and its inhabitants also shows up in a partnership with reforestation organisation One Tree Planted. For every product sold, a tree is planted.
All of this is underpinned by Lost in Samsara’s core belief: small actions count and small actions multiplied by millions can change the world. The kind of thinking we love.
