CRAFTY: Great bags knitted from bags in France

January 15, 2007

Beautifully Knitted Used Plastic Bags

Maya of Saya blog, Antibes, France

As a person who's trying to act on what she believes in, I try to find a solution to this plastic problem by bringing my own shopping bag and saying NO to another plastic bag as often as I can. Also those plastic I had collected since I've been here (2yrs), I use and cut them up to make a bag by knitting them...

2 other projects:

waistbag

water bottle bag

More on Paris Ban

I'd like to see what those rolling carts "which French housewives traditionally used for shopping" lool like. Sounds cool:

Paris to Ban Non-Biodegradable Plastic Bags Next Year

December 10, 2006
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/12/10/paris-to-ban-non-biodegradale-plastic-bags-next-year/
Mens News Daily, Paris, France

It is six p.m. on a weekday evening in northern Paris, and Charles Chetrit is fielding his usual crowd of customers shopping after work.
Chetrit rings up their groceries and then offers them an item that will soon be disappearing from the city: A disposable, plastic bag...

Viva La France!

Paris to Ban Non-Biodegradale Plastic Bags Next Year

10 December 2006
http://voanews.com/english/2006-12-10-voa10.cfm
By Lisa Bryant, Paris, France

The city of Paris has decided to ban non-biodegradable plastic bags in large stores as of 2007, in an effort to cut down on pollution. The City of Lights is hardly the first to tackle its plastic woes. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA that from Ireland to South Africa, the throwaway bag is heading for the dustbin - of history...

Paris moves toward ban

France’s capital seeks early ban
on non-biodegradable plastic bags

27/11/2006
http://www.prw.com/homePBP_NADetail_UP.aspx?ID_Site=818&ID_Article=15735&mode=1&curpage=0
By David Vink, Paris, Plastics & Rubber Weekly, Croydon, UK

Paris aims to enforce ban before 2010.

As the Emballage packaging fair drew to a close on Friday last week, the Paris city hall issued a statement that it is launching a plan to “put an end to the distribution of plastic bags” from 2007...