basket | Laundry basket with lid KAJA made of banana fiber

•40 cm diameter, 53 cm high • Made of sturdy, sustainable banana fiber with a net-shaped pattern of cotton cords • Perfect as a laundry basket with a practical lid • lovingly packaged plastic-free • 100% handmade and fair trade You will no longer lack storage space at home when you move in with this spacious basket.   Thanks to the matching lid, you can store laundry, blankets, toys or anything else that is flying around in an opaque manner.    The basket is not only practical, but also impresses with its very special design: banana fiber is interwoven with white cotton cords like a net, creating a beautiful light-dark contrast.   The elegant funnel-shaped lid offers even more space compared to baskets with a flat lid.   The base for the basket is a sturdy metal frame so that it always stays in shape. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Mass weight: Height x diameter: 57x40 cm Weight: 2.98kg Our products are artfully crafted unique pieces.   Due to hand manufacturing and natural variations in materials, they may vary slightly in size, color and shape. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Main material: banana fiber Our baskets are made from plant fibers.   They therefore smell and feel wonderfully natural.    Banana fiber is the fibers of the layered trunks of agriculturally used banana trees.   The intense brown color occurs naturally when the fibers are dried under the sun for about a week.   The individual strips are then rolled into the characteristic, approximately 6 mm thick strands.   Only old, dying banana trees are used for this material.   This gives these crops a second life as a dimensionally stable and robust starting material for many handmade baskets here at Soeji. 
 Other materials: cotton, metal frame -------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Place of production: This basket is handmade in Java, Indonesia.   When selecting our local producers, we value fair pay and good working conditions.   Only adult and experienced artisans work in the companies from which we purchase our goods.   No harmful chemicals are used during production.   Since all work steps are carried out by hand, the production process hardly produces any greenhouse gas emissions.   We ensure all of this through regular on-site visits and ongoing personal contact with the companies.