Sunday, January 24, 2010
Origami-esque environmental tip
Let's go environmental! Let's re-use and recycle!
It's not about paper. It's not about paper folding. It's about folding, but not of paper. It's folding of plastic. Hence, it's origami-esque.It's not an art. But it's green -- it's for the environment.
It's about those plastic grocery bags which we unknowingly and unintentionally accummulate, which we often recycle as trash bags, but most of the time just end up in a bin all together because we gather more than what we normally use up.
This post tells you how you can fold those grocery plastic bags into neat sizes so it won't clutter in your kitchen.
Step 1: Gather your plastic bags, and smoothen them out. Like so.
Step 2: Fold the plastic lengthwise, in four folds, until it resembles a long rectangular shape.
Step 3: Have you seen how they fold up the flag at the end of the day, or during military burial ceremonies? Fold the end part of the plastic in triangular angle.
Fold until it reaches the handle part of the bag.
Step 4: Fold-in the handle on to a slot to lock it in place. Like so.
Step 5: Flatten neatly.
Easy huh? Plus it's neat to look at. Plus it's environmentally friendly. Plus it saves you money from trash bags.
Please, by all means, do try it at home.
Been doing this since college days, natutunan ko sa isang kaboard mate ko noon, nowadays ginagawa ko pa rin.
Off topic: salamat sa pagbisita sa photoblog ko. May nakita akong photoblogger from Saudi na nagpo-photograph ng mga mosques at may mga shots din sya sa loob ng Mall at iba pang mga places sa Saudi. Nakalimutan ko lang ang blogsite nya, pero ang name nya ay Susie of Arabia.
We reuse the plastic bags also. Normally for trash. Yes, I fold them but not that neat. Heehee.
Misalyn: Thanks for the visit. You're right. She is Susie of Arabia. She is an American blogger from Jeddah; married to a Saudi. I admire her blog.
In Saudi, there's a big difference how authorities treat an American and a Filipino if both are caught with a camera.
Jo, I saw it in a couple's house that we visited. It was a neat way to keep those plastic bags. Tsaka hindi rin sya babahayan ng ipis. Try it. It's therapeutic din. Hehe.
So you're doing it too. I have been doing this in Thailand ever since. Malaking tipid siya. When our school stopped providing us black bags for our garbage, it was a relief at masaya pa ako kasi mababawasan ang basura kasi black bag is another garbage.
It's always rewarding to do our part in cleaning our environment.
been doing this too, use it as bin liners as well. I actually bought a plastic organizer from ikea, I keep it there after folding it neatly. Maybe it will be more earth friendly if we will start using recycled paper bags for our grocery diba? Dito sa UAE, inuonti- onti na nila ang mga supermaket, gumagamit ng cla ng mga bidegradable materials na shopping bags pero di cya popular people still use plastic, pero meron na balita na malapit na iban ang plastic bags dito. :)
i used to fold it into 1/4 but this is more neat and cute. i will change to this design.
maaga ako nakapunta sa jobi escape sa work hehehe
i've been doing this since my boy scout days kaso hindi ganito kaayos, basta tinatali ko na lang. ma-try nga ang ganitong style.
Magaya nga kita, sa daming plastic bags ng bossings ko, pwede ko pa iuwi, pag nakatupi
That's a nice idea, my way is instead of folding it in triangular shape I'm rolling it and then tie at the end. Matry nga ito hehe
I know this since i was in grade 5 girl scout ata that time ng ituro samin to..hahaha napadaan lang po..ikaw baka gusto rin silipin blog ko e2 ung link
www.jg-complicatedlove.blogspot.com
Tnx TC..
Nebz, we do this at home too. Learned it from Pinky's Uncle who is a Salesian priest.
This is a great way to organize things!
What a great idea! I'll do this when I have the time. Nice floor by the way!
my wife's style is like your way of folding the "kiss". i have a different style and i always thought it was the best way to do it. now that you and a lot more are folding this way, i now agree that it's the better way. hehehe. Panalo!