Project Goal: The goal for this project was to asses and understand the life cycle of a standard cotton tote bag.
Motivation: We understand that standard plastic shopping bags are not environmentally friendly and so we wanted to consider alternatives for our daily life. Cotton tote bags are reusable and durable so they were an eye catching alternative for us to explore.
Audience: Our intended audience is consumers. This focus is because we want to share what we learned with others like us so that they too can make more environmentally sustainable choices. As an added benefit, we believe our data can be used by producers, policy makers, and environmental organizations to help them all with environmentally sound decisions in their respective fields.