A family trip to mexico is what started this all, The Ecoist. When visting they came across a street market in Mexico City. They found handbags crafted by Mexican artisans using post-consumer waste. The family was intrested and inspired by what they came across. So as soon as they flew back to their Miami-based home, they decided to develop a business making products from waste. Over time they have partnered up with multinational brands. For example The Coca-Cola Company, Disney, Frito-Lay, Cliff Bar. Etc. to repurpose all their postindustrial waste, instead of having the waste end up in landfills. So far, Ecoist has saved more than 40 million wrappers from landfills. Ecoist’s collabrates with many stores today, such as fashion and industrial designers to develop limited editoin handbags and other fashion accessories by using waste as raw materials. The handbags are 100% handmade from recycled candy wrappers, food packages, soda lables, subway maps, newspapers, and other waste-bound materials. Ecosit plants a tree for every single handbag they sell. In partnership with Trees For The Future, Ecoist has contributed to reforestation around the world. They were recently on the recorded stating, “So far, We’ve planted over 100,000 trees in places like Haiti, India and Uganda.”
By defention, an Ecosit is an “an individual that lives a modern, eco-minded lifestyle.”
Their website shares what the main goal to accomplish is. “We hope to inspire people to become “Ecoists” so we can all live in a healthier, better, and more peaceful planet. We hope to make a difference.”
Ecoist Founders
Jonathan Marcoschamer, Yair Marcoschamer, and Helen Marcoschamer
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WWW.ecoist.com
*Carolynn Vela is a guest blogger for 'The Ambitious Girl'! She is an aspiring journalists and is a current writer and photographer for OuRCity News!
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