Multipurpose Wrapping Cloth Helps To Reduce Household Waste - PSFK. “The furoshiki, a stylish multipurpose wrapping cloth from Japan, can be used repeatedly in a variety of ways. It’s a great example of how to reduce plastic bag waste by reviving an almost forgotten tradition. Reintroduced by the country’s environmental minister, it follows the so called 3-R-principles of reduce, recycle and reuse. From the Japanese Ministry of Environment”:
The Japanese word mottainai means it’s a shame for something to go to waste without having made use of its potential in full.
The furoshiki is made of a fiber manufactured from recycled PET bottles, and has a birds-and-flowers motif drawn by Itoh Jakuchu, a painter of the mid-Edo era.
The furoshiki is so handy that you can wrap almost anything in it regardless of size or shape with a little ingenuity by simply folding it in a right way. It’s much better than plastic bags you receive at supermarkets or wrapping paper, since it’s highly resistant, reusable and multipurpose.
In fact, it’s one of the symbols of traditional Japanese culture, and puts an accent on taking care of things and avoiding wastes.
More here and here. (vía:unconsumption)
