Workers in Screen Printing Room.

Our dream is to see more products being made from sustainable fibres like organic cotton which break down in landfill when no longer needed. It gives us pride and joy to know that what we sell saves the world from being choked,  If everyone used Lopees imagine how many trees worldwide would be saved.

 
Workers in the Sewing Room.

Lopees Manufacturer pay their workers under a fair trade system which means equal sharing of profits between everyone involved in the entire manufacturing process. Under the existing structure of work, people who work at grassroots levels are paid miserly for the amount of effort they put in. The Fair Trade system works to remove such disparity. By buying our products you will ensure economically the workers are having a better standard of living for their families and community.This enables them to be self sufficient and to be able to afford the basic necessities of life like food and shelter for their families. Our Manufacture employs 200 Iocal village people average age is 26 years old 60% Women and 40% Men.

Not only are we doing our little bit to help save the environment but we are also helping the workers who make our products have a better standard of living.

We need your help so why not do your little bit by using our lopees instead of paper envelopes for all of your school and office needs.

 

Normal Cotton vs. Organic Cotton

Normal Cotton

• It takes 140gms of fertilizer and pesticides to produce enough cotton for one t-shirt.

• Seven of the most common pesticides used are suspected or confirmed carcinogens.

• Insects and weeds have become increasingly resistant to chemicals meaning more highly toxic chemicals need to be used.

• Around 3500 litres of water is needed to produce 400gms of cotton.

• 60% of water used to irrigate cotton is lost to evaporation and poor irrigation practices and because of the use of chemicals the soil does not absorb the water.

• Over 400,000 people worldwide who are involved with the growing of cotton suffer ill health and death from breathing in the chemicals and pesticides.

Organic cotton 

• Only natural fertilisers and pest control is used for growing the cotton.

• Crop rotation helps to rest the land and to restore fertility to the soil.

• Crops only need to be rain fed due to the soil maintaining moisture to help the plants grow.

• Workers who harvest the cotton are not getting sick and dying from the chemicals and pesticides.

• To qualify as an organic grower a farmer has to not have used chemicals or pesticides for a minimum of three years to become certified.