Turning biscuit wrappers to hand bags to bring about a sustainable change
The HinduAll plastic cannot be recycled. Gopika Santhosh, a product designer from Kozhikode, is making an effort in that direction through her products made of non-recyclable plastic waste. “My challenge was to design value-added products from wrappers of products such as biscuits and other food products, and I zeroed in on hand bags and pouches,” said Gopika. She started off designing paper and value-added products made of discarded cotton fabric for Craft Boat, Jaipur, after which she joined Green Worms, a Kozhikode-based waste management company where her job is to design utility products with non-recyclable plastic waste. At the expo, Gopika faced demands from a spectrum of people for training to make the bags, which she takes as a positive sign that her products could make a wave as she envisages.
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