totem bags

totem began in 2009 with a vision to design, manufacture and market unique, high quality, and functional products

totem began in 2009 with a vision to design, manufacture and market unique, high quality, and functional products, primarily bags, made from locally sourced upcycled materials:

• Promotional banners street pole banners, advertising billboards, and other displays made from non-biodegradable materials like vinyl and nylon that would otherwise end-up in landfill
• Truck tarpaulins increasingly being used in the North American transport industry, vinyl truck tarps have a limited lifespan (typically 6-7 years) and once taken off the road cannot be used again in their original capacity
• Seatbelts salvaged from auto wreckers, nylon seatbelt webbing that has served its original purpose (saving lives!)
• Bicycle inner tubes collected from local bike shops, rubber inner tubes that would otherwise be put to the curb – from one green enterprise to another!

The beauty of it all is that components used in all totem products are the toughest and most durable (and therefore non-biodegradable) materials as their original purpose demanded these qualities. In addition, the nature of how totem products are produced make each item unique – a quality that appeals to the individualist – and cannot be mass produced. Every totem bag is truly one-of-a-kind.

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