IS IT POSSIBLE ?
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RECREATING FROM PLASTIC BAGS
Four Very Easy, Cheap, Profitable Ideas

In many non-Western nations millions of plastic bags line streets, highways and town centers as offensive litter. Plastic  
bags as litter are an eyesore and when burned they become an extremely toxic pollutant for the lungs, sinuses and  
bronchial tubes.  In many areas where plastic bags are burned,  the local people have to wear masks over their noses and  
mouths every time they go outside.   

Embrace wonders whether these bags could be collected, steam cleaned or boiled in scalding water and dried and then  
shredded to such a size that they do not make noise when moved.  The resulting plastic shred could be used for four   
products.

Soundproofing

A worldwide problem is noise pollution. This becomes even more apparent when you want to sleep at night.
     
It would be a simple matter to take shredded bags and stuff them into custom-measured lightweight, thin frames covered in  
fabric, quilt channels to hold the stuffing in place and slide them against windows resting on window ledges. Alternativley,  
the sound deadening panels could be suspended by hooks. They would be easy to take down during daylight hours and  
simple to store. This would be of particular benefit for those owning hotels and guesthouses in noisy areas. This window  
soundproofing will not deaden all sound but it will be a help in muting noise.

Insulation

The same disinfected, shredded plastic bags could be sealed in large recycled plastic bags and inserted as waterproof  
insulation in buildings between outer walls and inner walls.  Often people in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and in the Southern  
Americas, construct buildings   of solid cement. However, if an interior wall can be constructed with plastic bag  insulation, it  
could modify extremes of temperature requiring less heat and offering some cooling effect.  This insulation could be sold  
domestically and internationally.  Otherwise, beautiful tapistries or applique quilts could be backed by larger versions of the  
soundproof panels creating more insulation in cement rooms.

Warmer Carpets

In many regions where the floors are cement or stone,  winter within a house is almost as bad as being without a home.  A  
thin four sided canvas bag about 6mm stuffed with shredded plastic bags could be stitched to the underside of carpets or  
constructed as a carpet itself, with a woven fabric topside.  This would offer children and babies a warmer play area in  
winter.  Anyone who has stayed in a cold, damp cement home during winter will understand the value of this.

Chair Pillows & Pet Pillows

The same concept applies to stuffing heavy fabric, beanbag style with shredded plastic for either Chair Pillows or Pet Pillow  
The advantage of these Chair Pillows or Pet Pillows is that fleas, ticks and lice can't live in them and the stuffing won't  
harbor mold or mildew. If the cover gets wet, one only needs to take the Chair Pillow/ Pet Pillow outside and let it dry quickly  
in the sun.

Most of these products can be made or manufactured as cottage industries, however the shedding process and the sealing  
of large plastic bags for insulation requires simple equipment which no doubt already exists for the manufacture of other  
types of products.