About HeyJute
HeyJute is Your Most Trusted Source for Jute Bags Wholesale in Canada and the USA
HeyJute® is an Innovative Canadian brand that offers Environmentally Conscious Jute Bags, Packaging, Promotional Branding, and Geo-textile solutions in a market otherwise saturated by toxic synthetic alternatives. Our vision is to replace plastic with Natural Plant Fibres.
We at HeyJute® choose to operate our business without compromising the Planet or its People. This, and keeping our customers satisfied with our high quality offerings and service, is what we are about.
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HeyJute’s Jute Bag Solutions: Sustainable, Compostable Products Since 2002
Ever toss something 'compostable' into the bin and wonder if it's just going on a round trip back to your shopping list instead of becoming one with Mother Earth? 🌎😅
At HeyJute™, ever since 2002, we have been working on providing solutions to fighting to bring awareness to sustainable solutions for consumer products to tackle the climate crisis. We are here to cut out the composting and recycling confusion and false hope and actually offer solutions that work. 🌿 Our vision is bold: to craft products that bypass the need for any waste management system altogether. Imagine using a product for decades, and then, instead of needing a facility to break it down, you simply return it to nature, where it enhances rather than burdens the environment.
Jute Bags and Eco-Friendly Packaging for a Greener Future
So what do we offer?
Products made of Jute. A jute bag will last you a decade, at least. And when you're done with it (whenever that happens), you can just lay the fabric into the soil of your garden, or just return it to nature. Jute will decompose naturally and coalesce with the soil and in fact promote further vegetative growth! No outside management system required.
We also offer plates and bowls made of leaves and twigs. Yes, that's right 100% leafs and twigs. Check out LilLeaf.net — an emblematic of our commitment to this vision. These products are a testament to the elegance and resilience of nature, designed to be reintegrated with the earth seamlessly, like a leaf falling to the ground. 🍃 When you're done with it, dispose of it as you would a leaf.
At HeyJute, we go beyond creating recyclable items (recycling is a busted myth); we're pioneering a new era of innovation with products that enrich our ecosystems naturally.
To add to all of this, all our products are ethically hand made and we work with Womens’ Self Help Groups and also give a % of our proceeds to fight for the basic human rights of children.
This is the HeyJute™ difference. Truly sustainable products which are good for the planet and its people.
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The Story Behind HeyJute
A Message from Our Founder
"After earning my electrical engineering degree from Queen’s University, I was propelled by a desire to forge my own path and create opportunities not just in Canada, my adopted home, but also in India, the land of my birth. My mission has always been to empower others—this is my Dharma.
In the early years, I led an engineering firm in Chennai, developing AutoCAD drawings for global clients. However, as Apple unveiled its first iPod, I sensed a shift. The tech world was buzzing with new accessories, and it sparked my creative instincts. On a visit to Chennai, I explored manufacturing possibilities for iPod cases. I learned quickly that the minimum orders were vast, and more critically, I didn’t want my venture contributing to the surge of consumer plastics.
A serendipitous glance at a Yellow Pages advertisement in Chennai led me to a women’s self-help group crafting items from jute and other plant-based materials. Inspired, I met with the group's leader. When I proposed making an iPod case from jute, she accepted the challenge. Three days later, she returned with a beautifully crafted, ethically made jute iPod case.
Jute was a common sight in India, yet in Canada, it seemed limited to burlap wraps for trees or sacks for potatoes and rice. I saw a chance to introduce this sustainable material to the Canadian market. Our venture began small, but soon grew to include a wide range of jute products—yoga mats, bags, purses, wallets, guitar straps, ties, and belts.
Decades later, HeyJute™ stands as Canada’s premier supplier of jute bags. We were pioneers, introducing the jute shopping tote to supermarkets and continually innovating to replace single-use plastics and circumvent ineffective recycling systems. Our latest innovation is the world’s first line of tableware crafted entirely from leaves (www.LilLeaf.net).
I am proud of our journey. We have created jobs for hundreds in two nations and have supported the education of over 400 children. At HeyJute™, we continue to aspire, innovate, and fight against the convenience of inexpensive plastic bags and disposable plastics, championing sustainability every step of the way."
- VJ Bala - Founder
HeyJute® supports CRY (Child Rights & You)
CRY believes that every child has a right to dream and has been fighting for the four fundamental rights of a child as per the UN Convention for over 40 years. These rights are:
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Right to Survival
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Right to Development
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Right to Participation
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Right to Protection
HeyJute is proud to have partnered with CRY and for the past 19 years has been contributing a percentage of all its proceeds to support CRY's noble efforts.