Plastic Guzzlers

(I have been the problem, I am going to be the solution)

Inspired by a video on FB and my daughter's coaxing to do something for the society, I started making it. A mat made out of plastic bags for the homeless. I just got started without giving it much thought. It indeed turned out to be a plastic guzzler.

My stock of plastic would not suffice. I sent out the message to my friends. Mukta and Pallavi set the ball rolling instantly and were soon followed by Shivani, Nancy, Jigisha, Anu n Pooja. Usha said that she would also like to make them.

None whom I approach for plastic bags has refused till day. One day I found a plastic bag left outside my house. Must be Seema Sood's.

The Growing Network

This is not all. The first consignment of plastic has come from my family in Delhi. My friend in Pune has promised to keep all the plastic bags for me. And there are many who are collecting and waiting to give it to me.

They are coming in all shapes and sizes. Till now I have not touched the big bags. I have different plans for them. I am just consuming the loose change that is coming my way. They are the ones that clog the drains.

A Community Effort

The way it is eating plastic it would not be a bad idea if a group of ten would get together and make one such mat. A lot of plastic waste would be taken care of.

Once a teacher said about me, 'Mrs. Maker thinks about Geography at breakfast, lunch and dinner.' Yes. When I work I work with obsession and today I am obsessed with this project.

In fact I feel like the hero of the movie 'The Walk'. Wherever he went he looked for a place to hang his rope. Wherever I go I am looking for some plastic bags only.