She founded Eco-Bags Products with a mission “to offer thoughtful, ethically and sustainably sourced, durable-reusable bags that inspire people to reduce, reuse, recycle, and re-imagine the world we live in.”
At the same time, Rowe was a new mother, living in Manhattan and hoping to start her own business that would do good in the world. Rowe purchased cotton string bags like the kind she had seen in Europe for her own use, and every time she shopped she fielded questions and comments about the bags.
You’ve probably seen them, and you might even use them, but did you know Eco-Bags Products was the first reusable bag company in the U.S.? CEO Sharon Rowe founded the company in 1989 after participating in Hudson River cleanups in New York, where she saw trees along the river filled with single-use plastic bags.
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