Go green and make a difference this Mother’s Day, with Ecozuri’s $1 shipping event
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Pasadena, California – April 4th, 2011 – Ecozuri, a California based manufacturer of green products, announces its Mother’s Day $1-shipping event, for their entire line of popular eco-friendly products.

Rather than flowers or chocolates this Mother’s Day, why not send Mom a chic environmentally-friendly shopping bag instead? That’s the message coming from Ecozuri, a green producer of 100% recycled reusable shopping bags.

“Mother’s Day is such a special celebration for so many people across the country,” said Lily Wu, President and founder of Ecozuri, Inc. “What better way to say ‘Thanks Mom’ for everything she has done for you, than by sending her a gift which is not only useful, but also says how much you care about her and the planet we all share?”

Each Ecozuri bag is manufactured from 100% certified-recycled material and is available in a wide range of eye-catching colors, and will make an ideal gift for the eco-conscious Mom. And because each bag is machine washable and can hold up to 50-pounds, this is a gift that will be used by her for many years to come.

Packaged in a cute green box, every bag also comes complete with a free reminder kit that can be used to ensure the bag is never left behind.  Each kit comes with either a door hanger that can be used to store stray plastic bags for recycling, a steering wheel wrap or a flexible etched buckle to attach your Ecozuri bag to Mom’s key chain.

Customers can order directly from the Ecozuri website and orders placed before Wednesday May 4th are guaranteed to arrive before Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 8th.

Reusable Bag Company Ecozuri Promotes Green Holiday Gift with Free Shipping Offer
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Pasadena, California – Ecozuri (www.ecozuri.com), a California based manufacturer of eco-friendly products, has announced that it will be offering free shipping on its entire line of retail products between November 18th of this year to January 3rd of 2011.

For those who would like to help make this year’s holiday season ‘green’, giving the gift of Ecozuri’s chic reusable bags is a great way to help save the environment and give practical gifts to family, friends and business colleagues.

“This holiday season we decided to offer free shipping on our entire line, as our gift to those who are looking to promote a green lifestyle,” said Lily Wu, President and founder of Ecozuri, Inc. “Our products aim to help others embrace an eco-aware lifestyle. The holiday season is a great time to spread that concept”

Manufactured from 100%-certified recycled material, Ecozuri bags are machine washable, waterproof and can hold up to 50-pounds in each bag. Every purchase comes packaged in its own cute green box, making it perfect for gift presentation.

Ecozuri also provides a free reminder kit that will help ensure that recipient of the gifts will never forget to use their bags. Every kit comes either with a door hanger that doubles as a plastic bag recycler to store any stray plastic bags for later recycling, an earth tone steering wheel wrap that you can slip on your vehicles steering wheel, or a flexible engraved buckle that you can use to attach your Ecozuri bags to your key chain.

10% of all retail sales of Ecozuri products are donated to the Bricks and Books Foundation – a U.S. based charity which helps the children of Tanzania.

This holiday season, Ecozuri encourages everyone to “go green and make a difference.”

About Ecozuri
Formed in 2008, Ecozuri, Inc. has offices in Pasadena, California and Guangzhou, China and manufactures environmentally conscious, 100% recycled, habit-changing bag products to help consumers embrace a more eco-friendly lifestyle. The company contributes 10% of its online retail revenue to Imbaseni Primary and other Tanzanian schools that are supported by the Bricks and Books Foundation (www.bricksandbooks.org), a non-profit organization.

The Alternative Consumer Site Hosts Ecozuri Forget-me-not Reusable Bag Giveaway
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

PASADENA, Calif., Sep.21 — Ecozuri Inc. (www.ecozuri.com), a California based eco-friendly bag manufacturer, and The Alternative Consumer (www.alternativeconsumer.com), a leading blog site focuses on eco-friendly products and services, jointly announced a free giveaway contest for Ecozuri Forget-me-not reusable bag set.

The For-me-not bag set to be given away as prize for the contest includes 2 pouches.  Each pouch contains 3 bags in an array of handsome hues — orange, green and blue; gold, green and brown.  There’s a caribiner on the outside pouch that conveniently attaches to your purse, messenger bag, backpack or carryall. The set also contants a jute door bag, 2 steering wheel wraps with reminder messages to help people to remember bringing their bags when they go on a shopping trip.

To participate in the contest, please visit http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/09/21/ecozuri-forget-me-not-a-tired-and-true-review-great-green-giveaway/

About Ecozuri

Formed in 2008, Ecozuri, Inc.(www.ecozuri.com) has offices in Pasadena, California and Guangzhou, China and promotes environmentally conscious bag products to help consumers embrace a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Ecozuri also offers a factory direct, custom-made program of promotional products for corporate clients. The company contributes 10% of its retail revenue to Tanzanian schools that are supported by the “Bricks and Books Foundation,” a non-profit organization.

About The Alternative Consumer

Ranked as one of the top 3 blogs that help people to change the world by “Fast Company Magazine” , The Altnernative Consumer site (www.alternativeconsumer.com) has provided its diverse audience with smart tips on an eco-conscious life style. The site was intiated by Maureen O’Connor and a team of eco-minded contributors who shares a passion for promoting sustainable, eco-friendly products and services. Since its launch in 2007, the site has enjoyed widespread positive acknowledgment among media and the environmentalist community.

Ecozuri offers custom-made promotional goods to help businesses “Go green and make a difference”
Monday, August 16th, 2010

Pasadena, California – August 16th, 2010 – Ecozuri, a California based bag manufacturer announced today that it now offers a unique solution for companies looking to go green in their marketing campaigns.
Utilizing a custom-made factory-direct program, Ecozuri manufactures a wide range of easily branded, environmentally friendly bag products suitable for all manner of promotional and advertising campaigns. Ecozuri’s production model allows clients to interact directly with its manufacturing partner on product designs, sample development and order fulfillment. This process of direct interaction between Ecozuri’s customers and the manufacturers eliminates the usual hurdles and problems associated with dealing with traditional promotional product sale channels.
“Because we run a factory direct program, we cut out the middleman,” explains Ecozuri’s founder, Lily Wu. “Working with us, a business can easily transform their corporate gifts or promotional items to green products while saving cost.”
By using this production model, Ecozuri can help its clients achieve significant savings over traditional suppliers – typically in the range of 10% to 25% – while enjoying unlimited flexibility in the design process.
Available in a wide range of 100% recycled and organic materials, Ecozuri promotional bags allow businesses to confidently present a guaranteed green product that fits comfortably with their brand image. To insure the authenticity of the green content in their product, Ecozuri employs well recognized certification program such as U-Trust certificate offered by North Carolina based Unifi on material verification. This attention to the supply chain audit insures Ecozuri is confident that their products are environmental friendly: Confidence that our clients can pass on to their clients.
Ecozuri also offers a line of branded, chic, reusable shopping bags that make great gifts to eco-conscious clients or staff and are easily orderable from their website at www.ecozuri.com

About Ecozuri
Formed in 2008, Ecozuri, Inc. has offices in Pasadena, California and Guangzhou, China. Ecozuri, Inc. manufactures environmentally conscious, 100% recycled, habit-changing bag products to help consumers embrace a more eco-friendly lifestyle. The company contributes 10% of its revenue to Imbaseni Primary and other Tanzanian schools that are supported by the “Bricks and Books Foundation,” a non-profit organization.

Ecozuri releases line of chic reusable shopping bags
Monday, August 16th, 2010

Pasadena, California – August 18th, 2010 – Ecozuri Inc. (www.ecozuri.com), a California based eco-friendly bag manufacturer has released a line of chic, reusable shopping bags and is donating 10% of the proceeds from sales to aid school projects in Africa.

Ecozuri’s boldly colored bags are a step away from the ubiquitous, white plastic shopping bag, and a step-up for modern consumers looking to make an eco-friendly fashion statement. Unlike other reusable bags in the market, which may be made from lower recycled content or virgin plastic, Ecozuri’s machine-washable and waterproof designs are made from 100% certified recycled plastic and are strong enough to hold up to 50 pounds in each bag.

“I came across this fabric that was made from 100% recycled plastic in 2007, and I knew instantly that it was going to be a great solution to help reduce the landfills caused by excessive plastic use,” explained Lily Wu, the founder of Ecozuri.

To help consumers remember their reusable bags, Ecozuri includes a free reminder kit with every purchase. The kit contains a door hanger that doubles as a plastic bag recycler to store stray plastic bags for recycling, or an earth tone wrap that you can slip on your vehicles steering wheel and fridge handle, or a flexible engraved buckle that you can use to attach your folded Ecozuri bag to your key chain.

Ecozuri is donating 10% of its retail revenue to benefit impoverished school children in Africa.

“Zuri is a Swahili word which means ‘beautiful’,’ and I decided to use it as part of my company name after I volunteered in Eastern Africa,” said Wu. “I was overwhelmed by the well preserved natural beauty of the area, and touched by the willingness of the children to learn even under very difficult situation.”

About Ecozuri
Formed in 2008, Ecozuri, Inc.(www.ecozuri.com) has offices in Pasadena, California and Guangzhou, China and promotes environmentally conscious bag products to help consumers embrace a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Ecozuri also offers a factory direct, custom-made program of promotional products for corporate clients. The company contributes 10% of its retail revenue to Tanzanian schools that are supported by the “Bricks and Books Foundation,” a non-profit organization.

Ecozuri selected the leading Repreve brand of 100% Recycled Fiber for its Reusable Bag Line
Friday, June 11th, 2010

Los Angeles, CA – June 11, 2010 – Ecozuri Inc, a California-based social enterprise, focusing on green products and educational projects in Africa, selects REPREVE, a 100% recycled fiber by Unifi, Inc. (NYSE: UFI) as its material source for a new reusable bag line.

The new Ecozuri line is designed to provide convenient and stylish alternatives to traditional plastic shopping bags with a goal to help consumers adopt a more eco-friendly lifestyle. The collection, which includes the Forget-me-not complete set, Vibrant 3-in-1 set, and Natural 3-in-1 set, will be available in the U.S. market in July 2010. It will be one of the very few high quality 100% RPET foldable reusable bag offerings in the market today. Ecozuri pledges to donate 10% of its revenue from retail bag sales to educational projects in Africa.

Repreve, an innovative 100% recycled yarn product by Unifi, is an excellent match for Ecozuri’s new product line. Repreve yarn is one of the most earth friendly fabric ingredients in the world. The yarn, which is made from waste plastic materials collected and processed in the US, offsets the need to use new crude oil to produce virgin polyester and nylon. On average, one pound of Repreve conserves the equivalent of half a gallon of gasoline. Repreve is certified by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) for recycled content claim, and has also received the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification, a well-known international eco-label. 

In addition, to its excellent reputation and superb recycling technology, Repreve also offers the U-Trust verification program that help companies like Ecozuri to ensure the Repreve recycled fibers in the end products are traceable, transparent, and certifiably sustainable. With recently issued Repreve Certification, Ecozuri’s new reusable line is certified to be made with 100% Repreve content.

“Working with Repreve, we can be 100% confident with the authenticity of our claims for environmental benefits. Unifi not only offers us a superb green material that meets our needs, but also adds significant value to our global supply chain audit,” said the founder of Ecozuri.

 To learn more about Ecozuri products and their projects in Africa, please visit www.ecozuri.com.

To find out more information about Repreve, please visit www.repreve.com.

Ecozuri forms strategic partnership for custom-made program
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Los Angeles, CA – February 12, 2010 – Ecozuri forms strategic partnership with Newsource Group to provide quality and cost effective wholesales and custom-made programs for corporate clients.

More and more corporations and organizations are going green and developing more eco-conscious procurement criteria for their marketing and internal operations. Ecozuri sights a growing need for high quality custom-made reusable bags and other green corporate gifts. To serve our clients effectively, the company is entering into a partnership with Newsource Group, a California based green product sourcing firm with 20 years of experience in the field. Newsource Group, with its integrated global manufacturing base, will support the factory direct service platform for Ecozuri’s custom-made program. Through this platform, Ecozuri’s clients can avoid multiple layers of local distributors to work directly with manufacturers and designers for their orders. Clients will gain unlimited customization flexibility, and significant cost savings through this platform. They will also benefit from Newsource’s strong eco-materials sourcing capabilities and seamless logistic service process.  

 Ecozuri is very excited with this newly formed partnership. We look forward to working with our corporate clients to spread the green message through continuous enhancement in our wholesale and customization offerings.  

To learn more about Ecozuri’s custom made program, please visit http://ecozuri.com/custom-made.html