100% recyclable - water and food safe
Here are the new 100% recyclable synthetic rattan that is water and food contact safe. It can be used with produce, baked goods, in refrigerated environments.
We can make this in any color and size. Ideal for outdoors and in. Can be used to color coordinate for visually displaying your merchandise in the best light.
Quality of our weaves
In order to determine quality in products, one needs to look at the construction, the size of the reeds, color, material. Many cheap variations are made with stripped rattan, half reeds where it looks ok from the outside but are broken and stripped inside. These pictures gives you a closeup look at our product quality
Our crafsmanship at work
These craftsmen can produce tens to hundreds of units per day depending on the detail required. They often work with different size reeds (strands) of material. For many of the, this is their sole source of income and they live in remote villages. They are independant contractors. We support a fair trade policy so they can earn a living wage for their craftsmanship.
Eco retailing is a $230 Billion Dollar industry and will grow another 38% or another $87 Billion Dollars.
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Everyone says that their quality is better, I know. The reason our quality is better is that the material we use is a “full reed”, not flat reed or strips. Nor do we use willow. Flat reeds are basically the natural rattan mateial cut in half to make it cheaper but also is less durable and looses its strength. What does this mean?
Take a look at this – http://ecodisplayware.com/blog/green/a-closeup-look-at-our-product-quality/. You will notice the detail of the materials. This is rattan. Willow does not have the strength, it is flimsy and can break down quickly. Willow also tends to be a flat reed. Our products will last 2 to 3 times longer when compared to other products made with willow or half reed rattan. You may pay less for the cheaper material but you end up replacing it more frequently; perhaps 2 to 3 times not to mention the cost of labor.
Our floor baskets for example can hold 50-60 lbs. Try that with willow or stripped or half reed rattan.
These are hand made and using full reed requires a lot of strength to bend and weave into a product. Our products sustain many families in villages all across Indonesia and the Philippines. This is how they make their living and send their kids to college. More about our labor practices in the next post.
We have new products arriving in the fall for the holiday shopping season. We will be introducing 3 new items which are synthetic versions of our very popular -
European Shopping Cart (C1787NRL).
Euro Farmer's Market Cart
These will be offered in a Natural Honey (similar to this item’s color), Dark Brown (similar to this item’s color), and Dark Grey (similar to this item’s color). These are food and water contact safe and it is a perfect cart to use at Farmers Markets. They can be left outdoors. They are also perfect for merchandising, and because it has wheels, can be easily moved around. Care and maintenance is a breeze. These are 100% recyclable and very durable.
Any one of our items can be made in a synthetic version. If you or your customers have a requirement for material that is outdoor, UV, food, and water contact safe, please feel free to send us your requests. We can customize the size, shape, and color to your needs.
To pre-order, please contact us right away.
New RED Shelf Baskets have arrived (E6468RDG):
These shelf baskets are available in various sizes and they nest. The are rectangular with cut-out handles. They are hand woven, rattan and rattan coil in a lombok weave pattern. The baskets are stained, NOT painted, with an eco-friendly water based stain.
Shelf Baskets in RED - lombok weave - eco-friendly water based stain
Please click on the item to get detail specifications. The item numbers are:
As you plan for stocking merchandise for the upcoming holiday shopping season, please let us know what products and quantities that you will be most interested in for the holidays. We plan on having stock on hand for all items but since demand can very widely, it would be greatly beneficial to you and your customers to ensure prompt delivery of items you request. If you plan to order any items in quantities of more than 10, the sooner we know about it, the better the chance of having the items and quantities in stock for the holidays. Contact us with your quantity forecast or send us your order and with a ship date to orders [at] ecodisplayware.com.
As you know, it usually takes between 60-90 days for an out of stock item to be shipped. 30 days of this time is just for transportation. This is because the items are hand made overseas and shipped to our warehouse in California.
Our price list has been updated effective July 1, 2010. Many of the items have no change in the prices. The price changes primarily affect our MDC and MDE product lines as the cost for the raw material has increased slightly. Please request an electronic version of our price list by contacting us. Please put “Price List” in the subject line.
Highlights:
Unlike many of the bigger companies, we don’t spend a lot of resources advertising our eco credentials. What we do is simple. Make products that are naturally eco-friendly and try to do things that make our company eco-friendly as well. We believe it is a process and it takes continual improvement over time. It is never ending. One can always improve. We don’t print catalogs anymore. We don’t fax or snail mail invoices unless specifically requested by our customers (hey, we have to get paid!) but we do encourage them to accept electronic invoices and also pay via funds transfer or credit card so we avoid paper where we can. Unfortunately, we still receive a lot of paper mail even when we ask not to. We try and do our part. We are not perfect but we strive to be good stewards of our environment. We believe in doing, not just saying. We know our customers are smart and can figure out who is and isn’t really eco-friendly.
See this article on what can happen when the claims don’t match up to reality.
We have added new products in blue and green. All MDE6468BLL,M, S, and P, shelf baskets, are now available in Blue. Waste Baskets are available in Green, Blue, Espresso Brown, Natural, and Antique Black. MDE4004GRS (Green), MDE4004BLS (Blue).
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