Participants learned to recycle plastic into fabric and used that to create beautiful and durable products like coin purses.

Every year, between 500 billion and a trillion plastic bags are used around the world. Disposable plastic bags can be convenient and inexpensive, but nowadays they are a major source of waste in the world and end up in landfills and oceans, polluting the environment and killing wildlife.

During this free workshop, tools and other materials were provided and participants brought their own plastic bags to upscale.

About NYUAD

New York University Abu Dhabi’s Plastic Recycling Research Lab is an interdisciplinary design research lab with a focus on getting and sharing a holistic view on global issues that relate to plastic and plastic recycling.

Research Assistants: Emma Olivia Anderson, Mariana Lugo Celedon, Sushil Bohara, Erica Wu

Faculty: Marcela Godoy, Goffredo Puccetti, Pantelis Demetriou, Philip Panicker