Plastic bags
Some supermarkets ask “Paper or Plastic” at the check out. Better still some shoppers take their own reusable bags with them. When Clare Hopkins encountered the www.morsbags.com site she learned that all over the world 1 millions plastic bags are used per minute. Many are concerned with the environmental impact, particularly on marine animals who ingest these bags and die.
And so 18 months ago Clare formed a group of people who meet regularly to make fabric bags from fabric given to them by the local charity shop. So far they have made and given away over 1000 bags. Their aim is to make their village plastic-bag free this year and they are well on track.
Lots of other benefits have come about, as Clare writes “we’ve met women we never would have come into contact with, shared stories, taught women to sew and learned sewing and general life skills and tips from each other. We’ve raised awareness about the sad dumping of fabric into landfill and the endless misuse of resources to make ‘new’ things….water, chemicals, power to weave new fabrics etc etc”
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By F. David Peat, August 21, 2009 @ 1:01 pm
Thanks you
David Peat