Textile recycling and sustainability experts said that even if cotton totes are sent to be recycled, logos and messages printed on the bags are not recyclable and have to be cut out of the cloth ...

You can get cotton bags pretty much everywhere ... Printed patterns have to be cut out of the cloth; Mr. Stanev estimates 10 to 15 percent of the cotton Evrnu receives is wasted this way.

Several voluntary organizations here have even launched campaigns to promote and popularize the use of cotton cloth bags. Among the green activists is Rudra Prasad Rath, who has started an online ...