mikej on December 17th, 2009

We did it!
Well, on the last day we managed to pull it together and reach our goal of 1000 plastic bags. It felt great doing the final count, and then handing them over to the local branch of Thai Craft representative. We calculated that the bags we gathered could be made into about 22 “recycled” [...]

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mikej on December 11th, 2009

Handbags Made from Plastic Bigs!
Today we had a chance to meet the people from Thai Craft, a local group that use recycled materials to make various hand-made products. The kids were really excited, and seeing what all of their plastic bags could be made into was really amazing. 40-50 regular plastic bags can make 1 [...]

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