Upcycling shopping bags

Target, a giant retail chain in the US, launched a concept earlier this year requesting old Target plastic shopping bags to be mailed back (through a tie-in with the magazine Newsweek).

In return, participants were entitled to redeem one of the sturdier reusable shopping totes that were made from the old plastic bags. The totes were also sold (and sold out).

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Some time ago I was shown how to layer plastic bags (Target or not) together and recombine them by applying heat with an iron to make a sturdier material you can shape or stitch together. You can make your own ghetto shopping tote, a wallet, or something a bit more useless.