TB2HB – Going Green at Doane College
Visit us at www.doane.edu The Doane College chapter of Roots and Shoots shows you how to create hand bags using plastic bags from stores to help the environment
25 Responses to “TB2HB – Going Green at Doane College”
Great idea. How is the malaria netting prototype working out and is it viable?
Sweetness! What I think is cool is that I could use a bag from my favorite store, and use it whenever I shop. That way, I’d make sure it was known that it came from one of this bags and be making a statement at the same time.
I was looking for something to do with all of the plastic bags that I have collected. I refuse to throw them away, and there aren’t that many recycling places near me. I can’t wait to get started!!!
Cause i have ALOT of them. LOL.
is there a reason why you chose walmart bags?
The netting is going great! Take a look at that video here on youtube. Brad
I know that the Wal-Mart bags and the majority or grocery store bags are HDPE (high-density polyethylene, marked with a #2), but in my area, the Target stores use LDPE (low-density polyethylene, marked with a #4).
When people handle the plastic in the video, it sounds like HDPE (HDPE just sort of sounds “crinklier” than LDPE). But I see you use bags from both Wal-Mart and Target. Does it matter if they are HDPE or LDPE? Or are the Target bags you use made of HDPE?
Hi Pip, As it turns out both work great (#2 and #4). They also melt to each other great too. There are some plastic that are more like cellophane which do not work. Brad
what a wonderful idea. a long time ago i purchased a big tee shirt Iron and it would be perfect for this project. the kind that you see at state fairs.
what an awesome project & a great way to use the trash I find along the road. this is what I’ll be making as my holiday gifts in ’09. Thank you & keep up the great work!
Melbourne,Australia has not banned the use of plastic bags as you say in your videos.
Some traders ( 1 or 2 ) are in fact charging 10cents per bag that you use. We pay about $2 per cloth bag as we all have to do our bit for the future. As per usual big companies make the changes not governments legislation.
Sorry to let you know as we all should do more and maybe your vid’s will help I for one stand beside you in your quest to save our planet.
Sorry
Shane
I did not know that melbourne is a country
First step- plasticbagf should be more expensive and have to be payed in the shop- like in Germany.
I use paper instead of wax paper.
I just wanted to say thanks to all that are trying to solve the problems we have in the world today. You guys are awesome for saving the planet as well as saving precious little animals. WAY TO GO>>
thanks for the great video! i have a collection of plastic bags i have no idea what to do with.
NO ONE CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i have made some bags liike that, though i didn’t use a sewing machine! I’ve just used the iron to make the ‘seam’. And it really worked and looked totally fine because there was no thread and what not.
wonderful!
heck if the world really does end in 2012, it might actually be a good thing.
as long as humans are gone anyway…. ugh but still…. i dont wanna die.
Fantastic! Thanks for including the what can go wrong part too. I’m excited to try this. Way to go! Keep up the excellent work.
The nature is fine, the people are fucked!
so what happens when the new bag isn’t wanted anymore? it goes in the trash.
you do realize Melbourne is a city and not a country? Awesome professor
does it still make a lot of noise when it is done but i really dont care i was just wondering and one guy said that he used the iron to make the seams. does that work that well??
@me42ol0vermc
So what happens when old bags aren’t used this way?
They go into the trash, then more are needed to be made because people don’t reuses them, then those ones go into the trash, then more are needed to be made because people don’t reuses them, then those ones go into the trash, then more are needed to be made….
Think before you comment, this is much better than the apathetic inaction typical of narrow minded consideration towards everyone and everything else.