The bags

A new Woolworths reusable shopper is made locally from recycled plastic to help combat singleuse plastic bags. Made by bags4good and available at Woolworths, the bag commemorates Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday. Woolworths is aiming to donate R1-million from the sale of these bags (R10 a bag) to the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Caring4Girls programme.

(R40, www.woolworths.co.za) The Skinny laMinx Alexander Sacks are designed and made in Cape Town and are perfect as a shopper. The bag has massive capacity, and to hold all those bottles of bubbly there’s an extra base panel for strength, to which the straps are attached.

(R695, skinnylaminx.com)

The recycled tote bag from The Joinery is made from five plastic bottles previously destined for landfill. (R65, thejoinery.co.za)

For daily groceries the 100% cotton canvas bag from Mevrou & Co and is perfect for a lastminute pop to the shops. A portion of the profits will be donated to @thebeachco_op to help increase awareness with regard to reducing use of single-use plastics and cover the costs of their beach clean-ups. (R175, mevrouandco.com)

The Enka shopping bag features the municipality code of Enkanini, or “Land of the Stubborn”, the biggest informal settlement in Khayelitsha.

Faced with regular forced removals, residents defied police by forming human shields around their homes. All items are fully lined with Khayelitsha print. (R350, township.co.za)

The eco-friendly Hemporium shopper is made in Cape Town from a 55% hemp, 45% organic cotton blend. Durable and long-lasting, it’s the perfect way to reduce your plastic consumption and tread more lightly on the planet.

(R75, hemporium.co.za)