With over 8 billion plastic bags used every year in the UK alone silksack is the smart alternative. Sumptuous to touch, reusable and tough but lightweight it is the very opposite of a plastic bag.

Carry a silksack with you and you may never need to use a plastic bag again.

silksack is made from 100% silk dyed using natural pigments and are manufactured by a fair trade organization in Bangladesh. The bags are washable at 30degrees/hand wash and colour fast. Each bag is approximately 35cm wide x 35cm high x 11cm deep. The bag is currently available in 9 colourways.

Open the bag and use it. Then pack it back into its pocket. You don't have to fold it neatly, you can just stuff it in.

Just four fewer plastic bags a week, and in 20 years you'll keep 4,160 bags out of the landfill sites.