This is a lovely idea. Stephan Zeijlemaker from Green Thing’s Facebook page has drawn our attention to the “Bag Bubble” or “TassenBol” if you’re in the Netherlands. Caroli Buitenhuis came up with the idea, which she calls a ‘citizen initiative.’ The Bag Bubble addresses a problem most people are all too familiar with:
At home the plastic bags are bulging out of your cupboard. And at the store, you’ve forgotten your bag once again and you have to buy a new one.
People can dispose of extra plastic bags in the Bag Bubble, or pick one up if they’ve forgotten one. It saves money, stops more plastic bags from being sold (and likely produced) and gets people reusing what is already there. Also, it’s designed like a bubblegum machine — something everyone expects to see at a supermarket. What’s not to like?
(Thanks for sharing, Stephan!)
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
