We all know that recycling paper is one way of reducing our ecological footprint by lowering the total amount of waste we produce. We also know the use of plastic bags is one of the biggest threats to our nature these days. Especially the ones which cannot be recycled. These harm our environment as they are non-bio degradable and pose a threat to our wildlife.
As the movement against use of plastic bags is gaining momentum, we at IHS made a little attempt to promote the use of paper bags. As the leader of the environment club, I along with the environment club members made approximately 80 plus bags in 2 hours? time and the bags were used in the school canteen .
To pass on the message to the families, theses bags had wonderful environment friendly messages. Various suggestions were given as to how small steps from our side can make this world a greener world.
What we need
1. Recycled paper (Use a thicker one to make a strong one!).
2. Glue.
3. A pair of Scissors.
4. Markers
Steps to follow
1. Cut the brown paper according to the specific size.
2. Take the paper sheet and fold it along its length in such a manner that the length of one part is at least 1 cm more than the other & paste it with a glue.
3. Fold each side of the bag in same width. In this case, we folded in 1 inch.
4. Fold the bottom of the bag. In this case, we folded in about 2 inches. Then, paste it
5. Write down your environment messages on these bags.
Hope you have as much fun as we all did?
Go green :D
20 Comments
Thank you for sharing.
Posted 30-08-2013 16:02
Excellent!
Posted 06-02-2013 02:25
every simple steps keep our environment
Posted 30-01-2013 02:18
The merit is yours. I love your action..this is inovative idea that develops my understanding of the alternative utilization of used paper. Stop illegal looging in the natural forest, the pulp n paper industries must obey that regulation (no raw material of woods which comes from natural forests). I love also the petition of Greenpeace to APKI-Indonesia.
Posted 27-01-2013 08:06
great initiative...............
Posted 22-01-2013 23:42
Thank you everyone!
It was looooads of fun too :)
Posted 22-01-2013 05:40
Lovely work!
Posted 21-01-2013 13:47
Thanks for the pictures as well! You can write your own message on the paper bag!! Thanks for sharing!
Posted 20-01-2013 10:48
Good Initiative and work
Posted 19-01-2013 16:22
Thank you all for your encouraging words..
Yes..we should spread this initiative to all schools in all countries! :D
Posted 19-01-2013 04:44
Great job.... Very nice work done......... Keep it going
Posted 18-01-2013 23:47
Bravo!
Posted 18-01-2013 20:37
Nice initiative, thanks for the procedure
Posted 18-01-2013 17:20
This is a really great initiative! We can plant this program to schools of Korea also.
Then the participants can both raise their awareness on the environment and have fun.
Thank you Simran, great job!!
Posted 18-01-2013 16:49
yap, to decrease the using of plastics bag we can use paper bag or cloth bag. Since last year, i and my friends initiate a clothing bag from waste clothe. Btw, thanks for the sharing.
Posted 18-01-2013 11:32
great initiative
Posted 18-01-2013 00:25
In my above report on "Let us enjoy Holiday in Eco-friendly way - Solutions are available " you will find one Pink paper bag, which was made by us. Thanks for our report.
Posted 17-01-2013 23:28
Great Initiative. You may put flower made paper in both side to increase attraction.
Posted 17-01-2013 23:17
Nice initiative
Posted 17-01-2013 18:48
Hi! Good initiative!
Posted 17-01-2013 17:54