01 / Multipurpose sleeves

Reborn from
your waste.

Multipurpose sleeves handmade and hand-embroidered in India from 30% waste, with every piece traced back to where its waste was collected.

Scan the QR code inside any bag to see exactly where its waste came from.

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Light blue woven Punarva multipurpose sleeve with an embroidered blue dragonfly

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The label inside every Punarva bag, with its QR code showing where the waste came from
30% Made from waste
100% Traceable waste
Pan-India Waste collected
Punarva Dragonfly multipurpose sleeve, front view

The first collection

The Dragonfly Sleeve

Upcycled PP raffia, woven into a light blue basket weave and finished with a hand-embroidered dragonfly. A full zip keeps your laptop in, and nothing extra goes on that doesn't need to.

Material
Upcycled PP raffia
Waste content
30%
Closure
Zip
Detail
Hand-embroidered dragonfly
Made
Hand-embroidered in India
Care
  • Do not wash
  • Wipe with a moist cloth only
  • Air dry only
  • Do not iron
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Soft pink woven Punarva multipurpose sleeve with three embroidered purple poppies

The first collection

The Poppy Sleeve

The same upcycled PP raffia weave in a soft blush pink, with three hand-embroidered purple poppies on long green stems.

Material
Upcycled PP raffia
Waste content
30%
Closure
Zip
Detail
Hand-embroidered poppies
Made
Hand-embroidered in India
Care
  • Do not wash
  • Wipe with a moist cloth only
  • Air dry only
  • Do not iron
Notify me when it's available

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What would you embroider?

Is there a flower, pattern, animal, or anything at all you've ever wanted on your sleeve? Send us your suggestions and we might just use them in our next design!

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Our story

Every thread has a name.

Punarva means reborn. We take PP raffia, the woven plastic of everyday sacks and bags, and give it a second life as something you'll carry every day. The waste in every sleeve is traced to the waste-picker who brought it in and the place it was collected, so nothing about where it came from is hidden.

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Trace your bag

See exactly where it came from.

Our waste is collected from across India. Every bag has a QR code and tracking code on the label inside. Scan it, or type the code here, for 100% visibility into where the waste in your bag came from.

Find it under the QR code on the label inside your bag.

The Dragonfly Sleeve
Sample report

The Dragonfly Sleeve

Tracking codePUN.2604.0412
Waste content30% PP raffia
Collection lotCOL-0412
MadeHand-embroidered in India
To the product

Journey of the waste

  1. Collected

    Valsad (396191) & Umbergaon (396150), Gujarat

    Used PP raffia sacks brought in by waste-pickers, 02 to 14 April 2026. Every capture is timestamped and geotagged.

  2. Sorted & washed

    Umbergaon (396150), Gujarat

    Sorted by hand and washed as lot REC-2704. Physically traced, with no mass balance and no credits.

  3. Woven & embroidered

    India

    Woven into the basket-weave fabric, then hand-embroidered with the dragonfly.

  4. Your sleeve

    Tagged PUN.2604.0412

    Stitched, finished and tagged with the QR code that links back to this page.

Photos from the day

Raffia waste at the collection point
Collected · 14 Apr 2026 · 396150
Sorting waste by hand
Sorted by hand · 12 Apr 2026 · 396191
Waste on the sorting line
Sorting line · 12 Apr 2026 · 396191

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