Eco & Environment, Wimborne | Posted on March 20th, 2024 | return to news
Wimborne boomerang bags just keep returning
Boomerang bags, which are designed to be re-used, have been made in quantity by Wimborne War on Waste’s Bag & Bunting team.
Wimborne War on Waste’s Bag & Bunting team have recently celebrated making 1,000 ‘boomerang bags’ – so-called because they’re designed to be used and re-used multiple times.
The project started when Wimborne Food Bank put out a request for plastic bags to enable them to deliver goods to their clients. Following a discussion with Wimborne War on Waste, it was agreed to try using boomerang bags instead, and the Bag & Bunting team signed up to the boomerang programme (https://boomerangbags.org/) and got their own logo.
The bags are made from recycled fabric from curtains donated by the local community, with the linings being used for the logos stitched on the bags. The whole idea is that you take a bag when you need it and then return it.
The progamme’s stated aims are ‘about connecting communities, making bags, diverting waste, starting conversations, fostering sustainable behaviour and having a bit of fun’ – all of which fitted perfectly with the aims and ambitions of Wimborne War on Waste.
The Bag & Bunting team has now given the food bank over 500 bags, reducing their use of plastic, and provided nearly 100 bags to Wimborne Community Food Supply as well as some to the Community Fridge, both based at the Allendale Centre.
Team organiser, Linda Bunting, said: “We wanted to introduce the bags to the town in general, so also offered them to several independent businesses and organisations, including Fair Ground, Gullivers Bookshop, Spill the Beans, Salamander, Keating’s, The Museum of East Dorset shop, plus the charity shops for Victoria Hospital, Debra and Julia’s House.”
And there’s no doubt that they’ve obviously been enthusiastically received, with comments like ‘We’d definitely love some more of your fabulous boomerang bags’ (Spill the Beans), and ‘We can take as many as you can give us’ (Salamander).
The team would like to thank Wimborne Minster Town Council for their support in allowing the use of their committee room, and for funding the notions (bindings and thread) that can’t be obtained second-hand.
If any local shop or organisation would like to receive some boomerang bags, please email the Bag & Bunting team on wimbornewaronwaste@gmail.com
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