Repurposing Your Plastic Bags

With the 5p plastic bag charge that came into play this year, we have all surely managed to cut back on our use of plastic bags. However, let’s admit it, we still have a couple of bags full of (you know it) plastic bags from that time we forgot to take our shoppers.

This got us thinking, instead of slinging them all out, could there be another purpose to them? And boy the things we found. There’s a whole world out there of plarn, dear reader. Plarn? We hear you ask? Why yes, “plastic yarn”! The fact that there is even a term for it is promising, let's be honest

So, without further ado, these are the creations we have been inspired by. Do let us know if you have tried any of these, or indeed others! We need to spread the plead culture!

Earrings

Need we say more? Imagine some funky colours and they’ll combine perfectly with your outfit!

Backpack

These backpacks look amazing and are very sturdy. They originated over at Bags Be Gone, whose founder has travelled around the world teaching people to make things out of plastic.

Basket

You don’t need to be a crochet whiz to make this basket; this tutorial tells you all you need to know. Basically, you just need attach strands of cut up plastic to each other and make a really long braid.