Next week, our ECO Club members will be working on weaving milk bag mats. We have six frames ready to go, now all we need are the milk bags! We have collected a bunch of bags, but it is surprising how many are needed to make a full mat or blanket. Please continue to bring your bags to the atrium throughout the year.
The idea for milk bag mats came from MILKBAGSunlimited — a registered Canadian charity. From their website:
In some parts of Canada, milk is sold in strong, UV resistant plastic bags that will not disintegrate in landfills. Sleeping mats made from those discarded milk bags have been made long before Kleinburg resident Angela Kesthely started to make them. In 2008, a chance meeting during her son’s basketball game introduced her to this “up-cycling” project. She began to promote it and was invited to the “eco-3d staff. The school got on board and Angela’s project took off.
We love the project that Angela started, and are doing our part to contribute! Stay tuned for photos of the mats that our members are making.
