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Article: I'M NOT AN ETHICAL BAG ; 'Green' carrier is made in China with cheap labourEXCLUSIVE

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April 27, 2007
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THE designer shopping bag aimed at promoting green awareness was made using cheap labour in China, the Standard reveals today.

The "I'm not a plastic bag" bag is a must-have fashion item and 20,000 sold out within an hour at Sainsbury's.

Women queued from 3am to get one of the Pounds 5 cotton bags made by leading designer Anya Hindmarch and they are changing hands on eBay for Pounds 225. Today Sainsbury's was accused of hypocrisy after it admitted the bag was made in China and was neither organic nor fair trade.

The chairman of an influential Commons committee said Sainsbury's had "tarnished" its image as a promoter of fair trade products.

A campaign group which highlights the ...

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