There"s no waste here. This Lunch bag is made from recycled cotton fibers (scraps are collected and woven into new canvas material) A basic canvas lunch sack that"s reusable and machine washable; nothing fancy about it. Just a basic lunch sack with an easy to use VELCRO like closure.. Kid and grown up friendly. Why put up with all the icky that lives at the bottom of those nylon lunch sacks if you don"t have to? Invite the kids to create their own bags with colorfast fabric markers. EcoBags - since 1989. Cleaning Up the Planet One Bag at a Time Made in India • * Multipurpose (Lunch) bag • Recycled Cotton • Natural