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You should show how you can use other common plastic food related bags such as: Frozen fruit and vegetables bags and cereal bags. I really feel guilty because I'm on disability and therefore I only have so much for groceries and frozen vegetables tend to be cheaper than fresh and therefore I go through a bag or two per week and these bags are not accepted in recycling bins. It's hard to avoid buying plastic on a limited budget. I do what I can recycling and using HDPE myself but i don't know what kind of plastic these bags are made of and sadly i'm not equipped to work with any plastics other than HDPE etc. Another common plastics that can't be recycled are: bubble wrap, flexible foam sheets also used like bubble wrap, the plastic straps used to secure large boxes, fruit and vegetable mesh bags, thin bags for produce in grocery stores, plastic packaging bags in the mail, tarp -like bags rice comes in, thin clear bags for ingredients like brown sugar or loose spices, plastic takeaway and cutlery from fast food restaurants, used cling wrap, used packing tape and duct tape removed from boxes Non plastic things to consider demonstrating how to recycle and use: used aluminum foil, liquid box jugs that have plastic or aluminum foil interiors
Hey guys, thanks for the amazing video. I was wondering if it is possible for you guys to make a video detailing how to turn plastic bottles into 3d printing filament.
*_You need to hook up with the on-line You Tube Quilting & Sewing Community._* *If you have a small group of people, or a sewing group of friends (either in-person or on-line) this project is more than possible. Break the tasks up into "batched" work.* 1) Each person collects their chip/crisp-bags, processes them and then irons them together into strips or blocks. Turn the task of making a chip strip into a UFO (Unfinished Object) - that weird, tiny, little, mindless job you can do when you need to keep your fingers busy. When you reach that point in your project where you're stuck but still want to spend time in your sewing "room" - process chip packets for 8-20 minutes. 2) Choose a person who will do final assembly. 3) Bring/collect/mail the packet to the assembly person. 4) The assembly person takes the strips or blocks of chip bags and starts to iron them together. This can be done by yourself or as a group (taking turns operating the iron) - solo, or a friend's meet-up, your choice. 5) Follow the instructions above for final assembly. 6) Find someone in your neighbourhood/community (or a local social/aid/health/addiction organization or religious group) to donate the final sleeping bag. 7) Rinse. Wash. And Repeat. Happy ironing everyone!!! - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Using an iron would probably give you a better seal and a wider seal on each piece is connected we did this one year for emergency blankets to give to the homeless but this was awhile ago. I don't know how well they hold up but I think it's a great idea to recycle!
So there is also something called “Eco Bricking” where you pack small bits of plastic (especially plastic that’s difficult to recycle!) tightly into a clean plastic bottle that you have the lid for. You pack it until it’s so densely packed that it functions as a brick, and you can make many of them and either build with them or store them for future building use within your community. When cared for properly they last for ages without letting the plastic inside of them to be introduced into the environment and they take plastic out of circulation too! I think once a chip bag blanket/sleeping bag/etc has run out of viable uses it could easily be cut into strips and put into an ecobrick!
Russia has 11k homeless (150 million ppl) vs UK 271k (67 million). I hope you guys can fix it by crowdfunding your homeless folks like they do it in Russia.
@@monikawiedmann8594having a home, even a crappy one, is better than having no home at all… at least in most cases. I think people in poverty stricken and war zones would agree that they feel better in some sort of home than no home. Even if it’s a mud hut with no heating or cooling or electricity. It still provides some coverage from the elements.
Neat. I sew. I thought this was going to be a sewed chip bag coat video. I save 30lb plastic cat food bags and make totebags out of them. This is a way cooler material. Women also fold these bags into strips and make purses that are really cool. Lots of youtube videos on it. My father ate tons of chips all his life.. if only he had thought of this he'd have made gaudy looking tarps to keep the outdoor firewood dry from rain.
About 10-15 years ago, there were several videos on YT of charity organizations that were doing the same thing. Some were using plastic grocery bags to turn into sleeping bags and blankets. Others were using the foiled bags for the same purpose. A church in the small town where I live started doing these. They made all these "blankets", took them up to the cities and started giving them away. Then they just stopped making them. Glad to see this being done again.
Love this idea! Looking at this from the point of view of a seamstress, I have a suggestion. Instead of having to crawl through the bag to seal it, try putting the right sides (crisp bag art) together, and ironing them, leaving a small seam allowance that you can fold over and seal again. Long sides first, then bottom of the bag. Then you can turn it right side out, and perhaps less chance of damage from crawling through. Just a thought. 🙂
The trouble with thermally fusing the sheets in this manner is that it gets harder and harder to melt the plastic without destroying it the thicker it gets. Folding over the seams is great if you'd got a needle that can punch through it, but it might be tricky if you're using heat.
@@luke_fabistrue at that point you would need maybe fishing line as thread and an upholstery hook needle. But too many holes defeats the purpose of making it mostly waterproof. (Besides the condensation vent holes)
The idea is wonderful. Would it be better if the money making companies would change their packaging. Because an unhoused person may abandon the crisp bag sleeping bag. Here in CA they don't make these companies think of better disposable packaging but they are making landscapers switch from gas running tools to battery tools. Then years after we will worry about disposing those batteries. God bless you for trying.
Here in Argentina, we put those crisp packages into a bottle and send it to an organization that turns it into plastic wood, and they make furniture, houses, and things for the public space. I personally use some of those and make wallets
This is an awesome idea for homeless people. Not only will it keep them warm and dry, it is easy to fold into a compact square to be tucked away and light weight. My VA sets up a service weekend for homeless Veterans on Veterans Day weekend. Some of these would be perfect for them.
Cold ground conducts through the plastic, reflective material requires an air gap to work, if you put an inflatable sleeping pad inside your bivy and lay of it, it will serve as the air gap to absorb radiant heat from your body, this simple change will have a huge impact. BTW, the skin of the Lunar Module that went to the moon was 3 layers of mylar film so I guess you could make a spaceship out of Crisp bags.
Guys, guys: HOT AIR BALLOON. Then use that hot air balloon to advocate for recycling at outdoor events. The crisp packet material is really similar to the Mylar used for helium balloons. If you can make an envelope without too many holes, you could have an indoor version. Thanks for all the great videos and ideas!
Amazing! Side note: this terrifies me. Being scared of heights, and a mechanic, who knows what happens when someone is having a bad day, and distracted...😅
@@eugenetswong they should as that's what industry is about now to use guys like that to call themselves "sustainable" instead of really being sustainable.
I remember my grandmother used to shred a whole load of those used crisp bags into very small and thin strips with some scissors and placed them in a big clear vinyl bag before sewing up the edges and making a very colorful sofa cushion or throw pillow.
I saved up plastic feed bags and used them as a vapor barrier on my enclosed leanto /wood storage area stapled them to the framing then used duct tape on the seams. Recycled them beautifully .
I want curtains made from this new material!!! I feel like this would make a great inner wrap for a house to make it more weatherproof, and hopefully a house will last 50+ years. It won’t keep it out of the landfill forever, but 50+ years is a good amount of time. I appreciate your hard work in trying to figure out the waste problem ❤❤❤
I feel like it would be a good way to slow it becoming micro plastics as quickly, because it'll be out of direct exposure to weather. I think/hope in 50 years we'll have better demolition practices, and reclaim more materials. That's the dream anyway. Cool suggestion
The term space blanket is a bit misleading. Wearing it like a blanket in cold temperatures against your skin will not help you. The key to the space blanket is space, as in air. Having a few layers of clothing between you and the blanket helps. Maybe bubblewrap. But the best use of a space blanket I've ever seen is something called, the Mors kochanski super shelter. It utilizes clear plastic with a space blanket to make a warm greenhouse. I've used crisp packets before to make an insulated water bottle to keep my coffee hot. This way of attaching them is giving me all sorts of new ideas. Remember to look this up Mors kochanski super shelter it could save your life someday.
Could you use a few more layers of the sofa plastic sheets to make is strong enough to put put 'eye rings' in, and make tarps out of crisp packets & sofa bags? Usable for a bike cover, wood pile cover .... anything cover, really.
To me, eye rings are different (pair with hooks with both threaded with wood or machine threads). I think you mean grommets, which are the metal rings on the edges of tarps.
Saw a person on dragons den making products out of recycled plastics. They had combs etc but nothing like yours. I carry mine and my glasses everywhere with me since my friend bought me them. We now collect plastic, we have 4 panini presses and making gifts for friends and family. Thanks guys for the videos xx
@@BrothersMake in Argentina have some groups call "La Sachetera" they use milk bags for recicle... and makes same things like you do in the video... help homeless and give it to poor zones for school kids.... check it out
Take your empty bag, stick a couple of layers of bubble wrap (saved from your last amazon order), reseal bag with your vacuum sealer or iron and your done. Use to fill empty space in your cooler or insulate the inside of your workshop door. As a sleeping bag... I believe you don't have bears where you live.
Okay, now I wont feel guilty eating 3 packets a day! Nearly a rows worth :D This project can really impact a lot of less fortunate people. Well Done for spreading the word Bros.
I'll tell you something as a person who is homeless and has been previously homeless. Emergency blankets are trash. They are useful if you want to freeze to death as they only reflect infrared heat back to your body, The fact that they are super thin, means any real heat just goes through it and you remain cold. In a slightly cool room they help, but out in the cold, they don't help. If anything they're good to wrap a tent to hold some heat if you have a heat source. I spent a night tossing and turning and freezing while wrapped in one at 2 degrees celcius. The homeless need real blankets to survive the freezing temperatures of winter. On the coldest days, all I have to do is walk enough to warm up, then go back and crawl under a couple of sleeping bags and my body heat is enough to warm the space in a matter of minutes and keep me warm all night. If I did the same with emergency blankets, I would freeze to death.
I love this idea. I was just watching a video about upcycling this morning. The creator talked about the importance of making something better and multi-use and also using materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. This projects checks all the boxes ❤❤❤
If you're interested in another go, try fusing crisp bags and HDPE shopping bags into ponchos. I mean, imagine the crowd at Old Trafford climbing into Doritos ponchos during a downpour...
I really appreciate all you've done in this video. I got the plastic bags and the iron. Just missing the sealer. Since it won't make the process faster, I'll skip it. Almost all of the process is exactly what I've been thinking all this time, but unfortunately, I don't have time to do the experiment. So now, I can start my project, thanks to you.
We have several homeless folks in our area, and our church distributes knit grocery bags to them. This would be great to pair with it! ❤❤❤ Thanks so much for this. I was also looking for what to do with the big splenda/Stevia and/or coffee bags, so thank you bunches for the ideas and the Crisp Bag Project resource.
I have been saving mine for a year for exactly this reason. I also use dog food insulation which when delivered is wrapped in sheepskin. I have made 30+ 🥰
I love how the names of chips/crisps are different there, then here in the States, but you can still tell by the colors and fonts what brands they are, lol
Lads, I am afraid you have been misinformed, firstly, there is no real 'foil' in those crisp/chip packets, the old-style packs have foil (thin sheets of metal) bonded onto paper just like Tetra-Pak drink containers & those can only be recycled at specialist recyclers (of which Tetra-Pak own the proprietary share). The most common crisp/chip packs nowadays are made from Bo-pet, more commonly known as Mylar (one brand of that product like Coke is one brand of cola) a product manufactured from mostly cross-bonded Polyester/Polyethelene, the silver colour comes from only a tiny amount of aluminium vapour. Mylar has been used to make "Space/Emergency Blankets" for First Aid Kits since the 1960s, it's used in lightweight insulation & heavily layered-up in space suits & anti-radioactive suits - all short-term use items. The 2nd misinformation; because the chip/crisp bags are plastic & non-breathable, they are good for EMERGENCY warmth only - LONG TERM/FREQUENT USE CAN BE DANGEROUS as they cause overheating & perspiration in the long-term, making you & your clothing more & more damp each time. Sleeping rough in wet clothing can put you at risk of hypothermia in winter's extremes.
You obviously have a lot of knowledge of these products. I, having previously worked in a factory that uses recycle in its products have a little knowledge in this area. You are correct.
It doesn't have to be metal, any reflective surface reflects heat, heat is just light [well it's a little bit more complicated than that but yeah] I highly doubt any of the safety blankets that like firefighters and stuff have on them actually have metal in them either.
I came up with the idea that this recycled crisp sheets can be used as an insulation material for rv or tiny house insulation purposes. I know material is flammable. However cost effective.
In my country 🇦🇷 entrepreneurs use chip bags and other plastics, like the one from kebble for dogs, for making bags, backpacks and more. I recycled and i started melting milk sachets (very resisting plastic) to make gameplay mat for kids, shoe hanger, backpack. Love this video💚
I'm just thinking how great this is to make for the homeless community. We know foil blankets are uses for emergency services to help keep patients warm. These will help keep homeless keep from freezing, and something to help give them some sort of dry place to sit or lay. Help the homeless a d help the environment. It's a win win from items that would otherwise go to landfill.
I wonder whether folding the edge over a couple of times and then ironing it to fuse those layers would make the edge strong enough so that a zipper could be sewn to it. It would make it a more practical sleeping bag which could be unzipped and turned into a big blanket.
Given that this product ac5s like a moisture barrier, it could be used on cement floors under carpets or flooring, also tyvek type products or as seal in attics and dirt basements. With the correct recycling program a company could produce this and sell it for use as above and easily take this portion of trash out of the oceans and landfills.
Could this possibly help to place inside diy shelters for stray animals? Would this help insulate their shelter? Love that this is waterproof especially for the cold months that can be brutal to animals
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I think this is not only a brilliant idea but surely opens up all kinds of new possibilities for using recycled materials to produce a completely new material with heat reflective properties. Also on a smaller scale I wonder if the card wallets you made before would be good from this and if the foil would prevent card skimming?? Love you boys and super proud of you 👌🏻
Foil definitely can prevent card skimming but it takes about 3 layers minimum depending on the radio frequency you are trying to block and the proximity of the readers/skimmers to your wallet. At work we have rfid antenna sticker tags that go with product UPCs now, but whenever we find a pulled off tag for a stolen item we have to put them in a shielded bag before they are inventory counted out manually, just to help the overhead rfid sticker readers not count them as part of our in-store real time inventory.
I have a few vague concept of using this technique plus possibly some bubble plastic mailer envelopes ( also not recyclable in my area) to create insulated sheets/panels for plant growing purposes. ( ie weather protection low tunnels or wraps for plant seedling towers)
I love where your brain went to solve the heat sealer problem. I was thinking a couple of paperclips or bulldog clips then you’re just like nah foot pedal. Genius lol 😂
This fantastic. This would be great youth project to do in a group. I could see this as huge boyscout or girl scout project. You could make these as a garden vegetable protector for vegetables in freezing weather. Liners in flower pots, reflectors from the sun to reduce the heat coming in super hot weather. Greenhouse uses also. These could be made bigger for a inner tent cover to hold in heat. Boot liners in super cold weather. The sleeping bag cover is a must have for survival gear in super cold weather.
What if you use that thing to straighten out Hair to join the single little bags? Would make a not so narrow melting line as the package sealing device. And what about putting the bags in a washing machine in Programm wool? Safes you from labour and low temperature saves it from wrinkling. Love the idea of making those sleeping bags. Would go nicely with the crocheted mattresses from cheap grocery bags. To be found on you tube
No one commenting on the brilliance of putting the damn things in the wash? Even a giant turkey pot at a rolling boil (assuming the bags don't melt at that temp) would be so much faster!
I just thought of something else! Water-resistant lightweight and (if you did a reflective layer on the outside, too) reflective vests for dogs and other four-footed friends! (I was just putting on my Chiweenie's reflective vest when it occurred to me.) They would be great for search dogs at disaster scenes, service dogs (who have to go out in all weathers), and as winter warmers for dogs who really can't cope with cold. And many other now fabric-based items could be made from them: sewists, start brainstorming! The bags have gone from unrecyclable to endlessly useful!
The kind of people who could actually do this and make it work are folks in Africa, who have plastic bag waste and irons. They could also use things like emergency blankets, etc, and they can't order mylar on Amazon for a few dollars. Here the labor to materials cost makes it pointles, there it would be a clever home business idea.
You guys need a bigger shop! I know that’s easier said than done but I’ve noticed the channel growing I bet it’ll be something I on the horizon. Love the content, keep it up! Cheers
Dog food bags that are of the same make can also be used, and you need fewer because they're larger (I have a whole bunch of thirty-pound dog food bags in my basement waiting for me to clean them). Coffee bags, too. I was planning on making reusable shopping bags, but there will always be more dog food and coffee bags in my pack. . . . Oh, and you can weave them to make the bags stronger and prettier!
I had been saving the large size ones to make some tote bags out of, bit I hadn't got round to the project. I was planning on using scrapes of old clothes (sewn together into rectagles) as the lining, and sewing the bags together, rather then fusing them. Edit - I got the idea from someone making a bag out of a Family size Dorietos bag with a fabric lining and sewing the parts they cut together.
is this something that would need respiratory protection, or is it low enough temps that it won't be releasing fumes? I'd love to try putting together some packets at home but I don't have any outdoor spaces and can't be opening windows in winter
All depends on the time of the exposure to fumes. If you do it all day use the respirator, if a few minutes not so bad. I used PLA for 5-6 hrs in a very good ventilated area and had severe headache. PLA is the most non toxic plastic. From my personal experience I suggest to use the respirator.
Not many studies are done on the subject, but many ppl in China who work in manufacturing facilities are dying from not known diseases. It's petrochemicals at the end of the day. It is up to you, but I'd recommend protecting yourself as we need more ppl like you :)
Neat project!! Seriously guys! Love it when you can make treasures from trash. I am in USA, and find it interesting when you let us know terminology differences in our English. Thanks guys! And also....what settings did you use on your iron, and on your sealer?
I think they've said before that they have their iron on the highest setting when working with HDPE/LDPE. Not sure about the plastic used for chip bags, or about the sealer though
I am honestly not a huge fan of this, like you said in the video, two materials are fused together. The crisp packets are PP, the plastic sheet LDPE. You can do something better by using the shredded crisp packets for injection moulding. I use a 1:10 mix of shredded PP foils and mixed PP granulate.
Both are fine ideas. Most people don’t have a few hundred-few thousand to spend on an injection molding machine. Even if it’s not the best way to repurpose the plastics, it’s still a good way for people who want to do what they can, considering the amount of waste that’s produced every day wheres a 0% chance of a lot of it being recycled
In the past, when I have done warm clothing & blanket drives in the city, It has been requested that we donate blankets instead of fluff filled comforters. The unfortunate reason is that the homeless cut the blankets into strips in case they need to get up and run if attacked. The sleeping bag is the warmest idea, but the safest would be to keep as a blanket. Love you all!!!❤
Keep up the good work brothers make am enjoying the videos. Plus i like how the ppl in the comments section, are suggesting some interesting ideas i love the good vibes here.
I just found your channel. I will definitely try this..but maybe on a smaller scale, like trying a tote bag first. Just curious. In the 60s and 70s there was a lot of information on DIY solar panels. Could any of this reflective material be used for that? It’s impossible to even find that information now.
Fantastic project! We were just talking about crisp packaging and why companies don't make crisp packaging recyclable. I think I heard something about a collaboration with terracycle making crisp packaging into backpacks and selling at big box stores.
Genius use- I have one caveat/concern: if someone were of smaller frame and climbed inside too far, they could very easily smother to death in their sleep. Also, even if you're not homeless, if you have a drafty or poorly insulated house, you could use this for window or door coverings in winter, to keep your house warmer. (Bubble wrap is also good for this.)
would love to try making curtains with those! I have a very hard time keeping up with the electricity bills. Would also cut sunlight in the morning! would it also help keeping the heat out of the house?
has given me the idea of making something with wet cat food packets. though i might have to sew them rather than iron them since they seem thicker. I can this can be turned into a tunnel to cover plants / veggies when it's cold
FYI, from Americans watching watching british youtube creators I have noticed some Brit terms making their way into the american language. An exampleis the phrase "full stop". Americans usually say "period". But now I have been running into people saying full stop. There are other words but I don't want to clog up your comments section. Cheers.
I have an idea: shred these bags really thin, like, 0.1mm sized particles Then remelt it into shiny, metal-infused filament for 3d printing From what I googled, their plastics is layers of polypropylene and polyethylene, both of which melt at low enough temps to be melted by 3d printer hotend (even if it's hard for most of them to reach 260 degrees to melt polyethylene, in even mixture polypropylene's 160 degrees should offset the overall temps to a lower side). However, some resaults say there is... BOPP? or even PLA? Maybe heated centrifuge will help separate these plastics, or chemical repolymerization? Overall, someone SHOULD dig into this concept, maybe something WILL come out of it.
🤔 should use protective cloth on table surface? & does iron get build up from paper? 3/ could I reuse alum foil between, if I make 'pockets' with/between the rows? 3a🤫 I also have random sized bubble wrap! = love the projects🤗 thankyou
I remember a neighbour fusing crisp packets together by smashing the seems with a rock. She'd then fold it into a long ribbon and weave baskets with it.
Might be able to do a video on this. Just before the war in Ukraine I realised an idea while ice fishing. I had taken "cheesies" and marshmallows with me. I left on short notice. So I had taken the rest of the whole bag of marshmallows, as I couldn't think of what small container I might put less marshmallows in. While I was sitting in a chair fishing through the ice hole. I noticed I was warmer than what I should have been. The light and fluffy food acted as insulation from the cold. As the food was in various pockets on my coat. Then I'd mentioned that idea to many people. One guy that taught cold weather survival for the military in Alaska was extremely impressed with this idea. As I'd seen the food he might pack for cold weather bug out emergency. I don't recommend all light a puffy food, yet it's ideal if leaving in a disaster situation, or other. As the food might also act as a cushioning aspect and appear to have more food than what one might actually have if your travelling with kids. Might also help to not get bruised or injured if one falls on the light and fluffy food incases of slipping on mud, ice loose gravel, jumping out of the way of something or other while fleeing a war torn country. Some items I recall might help other than the ones I've mentioned. Various cereals, puffed rice, puffed wheat, cotton candy, various breads, and other foods with many pockets of air within.
very interesting ! The only issue here is that during the time that you make this blanket 120 tons of blankets, sleeping bags, bed sheets, clothes and so on, would have been thrown away. So in a world with no waste, surely yes that's a great idea ! But at the same time you wouldn't ba able to find the empty packs if there is no waste...
But what a great problem to have! We aren’t in danger of having that problem anytime soon, though. Nevertheless, the Brothers are innovating and leading us in a good direction!
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You should show how you can use other common plastic food related bags such as: Frozen fruit and vegetables bags and cereal bags.
I really feel guilty because I'm on disability and therefore I only have so much for groceries and frozen vegetables tend to be cheaper than fresh and therefore I go through a bag or two per week and these bags are not accepted in recycling bins. It's hard to avoid buying plastic on a limited budget. I do what I can recycling and using HDPE myself but i don't know what kind of plastic these bags are made of and sadly i'm not equipped to work with any plastics other than HDPE etc.
Another common plastics that can't be recycled are: bubble wrap, flexible foam sheets also used like bubble wrap, the plastic straps used to secure large boxes, fruit and vegetable mesh bags, thin bags for produce in grocery stores, plastic packaging bags in the mail, tarp -like bags rice comes in, thin clear bags for ingredients like brown sugar or loose spices, plastic takeaway and cutlery from fast food restaurants, used cling wrap, used packing tape and duct tape removed from boxes
Non plastic things to consider demonstrating how to recycle and use: used aluminum foil, liquid box jugs that have plastic or aluminum foil interiors
Hey guys, thanks for the amazing video. I was wondering if it is possible for you guys to make a video detailing how to turn plastic bottles into 3d printing filament.
*_You need to hook up with the on-line You Tube Quilting & Sewing Community._*
*If you have a small group of people, or a sewing group of friends (either in-person or on-line) this project is more than possible. Break the tasks up into "batched" work.* 1) Each person collects their chip/crisp-bags, processes them and then irons them together into strips or blocks. Turn the task of making a chip strip into a UFO (Unfinished Object) - that weird, tiny, little, mindless job you can do when you need to keep your fingers busy. When you reach that point in your project where you're stuck but still want to spend time in your sewing "room" - process chip packets for 8-20 minutes. 2) Choose a person who will do final assembly. 3) Bring/collect/mail the packet to the assembly person. 4) The assembly person takes the strips or blocks of chip bags and starts to iron them together. This can be done by yourself or as a group (taking turns operating the iron) - solo, or a friend's meet-up, your choice. 5) Follow the instructions above for final assembly. 6) Find someone in your neighbourhood/community (or a local social/aid/health/addiction organization or religious group) to donate the final sleeping bag. 7) Rinse. Wash. And Repeat.
Happy ironing everyone!!!
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
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To make tarps to protect cars from the sun would be cool 🤔 and something for everyone.
I actually remembered seeing people making wallets and bags from these before, but making them emergency blankets are genius.
Using an iron would probably give you a better seal and a wider seal on each piece is connected we did this one year for emergency blankets to give to the homeless but this was awhile ago. I don't know how well they hold up but I think it's a great idea to recycle!
Yeah remember the good old days of the DYI duct tape wallet
So there is also something called “Eco Bricking” where you pack small bits of plastic (especially plastic that’s difficult to recycle!) tightly into a clean plastic bottle that you have the lid for. You pack it until it’s so densely packed that it functions as a brick, and you can make many of them and either build with them or store them for future building use within your community.
When cared for properly they last for ages without letting the plastic inside of them to be introduced into the environment and they take plastic out of circulation too!
I think once a chip bag blanket/sleeping bag/etc has run out of viable uses it could easily be cut into strips and put into an ecobrick!
We give out the mats and bags that The Crisp Packet Project sends to us and they are so very appreciated by the homeless community in London!
Russia has 11k homeless (150 million ppl) vs UK 271k (67 million). I hope you guys can fix it by crowdfunding your homeless folks like they do it in Russia.
@@matildo4ka7 But some of the homes they do have are not much better than nothing.
@@monikawiedmann8594 I understand but by giving them blanket it'll help a lot or it resolves all the issue? It's just a better than nothing measure.
@@matildo4ka7 Russia conscripts anyone it doesn't like. Forcing people into the military isn't exactly progressive.
@@monikawiedmann8594having a home, even a crappy one, is better than having no home at all… at least in most cases. I think people in poverty stricken and war zones would agree that they feel better in some sort of home than no home. Even if it’s a mud hut with no heating or cooling or electricity. It still provides some coverage from the elements.
Neat. I sew. I thought this was going to be a sewed chip bag coat video. I save 30lb plastic cat food bags and make totebags out of them. This is a way cooler material. Women also fold these bags into strips and make purses that are really cool. Lots of youtube videos on it.
My father ate tons of chips all his life.. if only he had thought of this he'd have made gaudy looking tarps to keep the outdoor firewood dry from rain.
"Candy wrapper purse"
But yeah, also made of mylar coffee bags and chip bags.
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About 10-15 years ago, there were several videos on YT of charity organizations that were doing the same thing.
Some were using plastic grocery bags to turn into sleeping bags and blankets. Others were using the foiled bags for the same purpose.
A church in the small town where I live started doing these. They made all these "blankets", took them up to the cities and started giving them away.
Then they just stopped making them.
Glad to see this being done again.
Love this idea! Looking at this from the point of view of a seamstress, I have a suggestion. Instead of having to crawl through the bag to seal it, try putting the right sides (crisp bag art) together, and ironing them, leaving a small seam allowance that you can fold over and seal again. Long sides first, then bottom of the bag. Then you can turn it right side out, and perhaps less chance of damage from crawling through. Just a thought. 🙂
Yes agreed. Would be much stronger!
The trouble with thermally fusing the sheets in this manner is that it gets harder and harder to melt the plastic without destroying it the thicker it gets. Folding over the seams is great if you'd got a needle that can punch through it, but it might be tricky if you're using heat.
@@luke_fabistrue at that point you would need maybe fishing line as thread and an upholstery hook needle. But too many holes defeats the purpose of making it mostly waterproof. (Besides the condensation vent holes)
Yes, exactly. It will probably be more straight, too.
The idea is wonderful. Would it be better if the money making companies would change their packaging. Because an unhoused person may abandon the crisp bag sleeping bag. Here in CA they don't make these companies think of better disposable packaging but they are making landscapers switch from gas running tools to battery tools. Then years after we will worry about disposing those batteries. God bless you for trying.
Here in Argentina, we put those crisp packages into a bottle and send it to an organization that turns it into plastic wood, and they make furniture, houses, and things for the public space. I personally use some of those and make wallets
That's really awesome!
Awsm in India there's a brand name recharkha they make bful bags accessories out of it ...
This is an awesome idea for homeless people. Not only will it keep them warm and dry, it is easy to fold into a compact square to be tucked away and light weight. My VA sets up a service weekend for homeless Veterans on Veterans Day weekend. Some of these would be perfect for them.
Cold ground conducts through the plastic, reflective material requires an air gap to work, if you put an inflatable sleeping pad inside your bivy and lay of it, it will serve as the air gap to absorb radiant heat from your body, this simple change will have a huge impact. BTW, the skin of the Lunar Module that went to the moon was 3 layers of mylar film so I guess you could make a spaceship out of Crisp bags.
This! 👆
Guys, guys: HOT AIR BALLOON. Then use that hot air balloon to advocate for recycling at outdoor events. The crisp packet material is really similar to the Mylar used for helium balloons. If you can make an envelope without too many holes, you could have an indoor version. Thanks for all the great videos and ideas!
Amazing! Side note: this terrifies me. Being scared of heights, and a mechanic, who knows what happens when someone is having a bad day, and distracted...😅
That's a great idea! I wonder if they can get any sponsorships from the crisp brands!
@@eugenetswong they should as that's what industry is about now to use guys like that to call themselves "sustainable" instead of really being sustainable.
This is the way.
I remember my grandmother used to shred a whole load of those used crisp bags into very small and thin strips with some scissors and placed them in a big clear vinyl bag before sewing up the edges and making a very colorful sofa cushion or throw pillow.
Smart idea
A big sheet of these would be great for shielding your car dashboard/windows and seats from heat in the summer too.
I saved up plastic feed bags and used them as a vapor barrier on my enclosed leanto /wood storage area stapled them to the framing then used duct tape on the seams. Recycled them beautifully .
Great idea!
Someone I know uses their horse and chook food bags to make bag-bags. The printed, tarp ones, not the plastic hessian ones. Works a treat!
If you left small air pockets, on one side, between the crisp and plastic sheet layers, then you would create an insulation layer for extra heat.
I want curtains made from this new material!!! I feel like this would make a great inner wrap for a house to make it more weatherproof, and hopefully a house will last 50+ years. It won’t keep it out of the landfill forever, but 50+ years is a good amount of time. I appreciate your hard work in trying to figure out the waste problem ❤❤❤
I feel like it would be a good way to slow it becoming micro plastics as quickly, because it'll be out of direct exposure to weather. I think/hope in 50 years we'll have better demolition practices, and reclaim more materials. That's the dream anyway. Cool suggestion
I think using it to wrap a house is a great idea, but I'm not sure about the building codes.
Good idea! Even if not for regular houses...how about outdoor shelters for cats or dogs?
@@sistermaide so long as one is careful to allow air flow, or you'll smother your local feral populations...
@@GermanSausagesAreTheWurst can't be much different than Tyvek?
The term space blanket is a bit misleading. Wearing it like a blanket in cold temperatures against your skin will not help you. The key to the space blanket is space, as in air. Having a few layers of clothing between you and the blanket helps. Maybe bubblewrap.
But the best use of a space blanket I've ever seen is something called,
the Mors kochanski super shelter. It utilizes clear plastic with a space blanket to make a warm greenhouse. I've used crisp packets before to make an insulated water bottle to keep my coffee hot. This way of attaching them is giving me all sorts of new ideas.
Remember to look this up Mors kochanski super shelter it could save your life someday.
Don't foget solar cookers, or if you drive, then the windshield reflectors.
That's a great idea for recycling bubblewrap!
Could you use a few more layers of the sofa plastic sheets to make is strong enough to put put 'eye rings' in, and make tarps out of crisp packets & sofa bags? Usable for a bike cover, wood pile cover .... anything cover, really.
To me, eye rings are different (pair with hooks with both threaded with wood or machine threads).
I think you mean grommets, which are the metal rings on the edges of tarps.
Good idea…😊
Saw a person on dragons den making products out of recycled plastics. They had combs etc but nothing like yours. I carry mine and my glasses everywhere with me since my friend bought me them. We now collect plastic, we have 4 panini presses and making gifts for friends and family. Thanks guys for the videos xx
Yes Charlie is a good friend of ours! Thank you for the lovely words! ♻️🤙🏽
Michelle, that's great news. Thank you for sharing your experience.
What kinds of things do you make?
@@BrothersMake in Argentina have some groups call "La Sachetera" they use milk bags for recicle... and makes same things like you do in the video... help homeless and give it to poor zones for school kids.... check it out
Take your empty bag, stick a couple of layers of bubble wrap (saved from your last amazon order), reseal bag with your vacuum sealer or iron and your done. Use to fill empty space in your cooler or insulate the inside of your workshop door.
As a sleeping bag... I believe you don't have bears where you live.
Okay, now I wont feel guilty eating 3 packets a day! Nearly a rows worth :D
This project can really impact a lot of less fortunate people. Well Done for spreading the word Bros.
I'll tell you something as a person who is homeless and has been previously homeless. Emergency blankets are trash. They are useful if you want to freeze to death as they only reflect infrared heat back to your body, The fact that they are super thin, means any real heat just goes through it and you remain cold. In a slightly cool room they help, but out in the cold, they don't help. If anything they're good to wrap a tent to hold some heat if you have a heat source. I spent a night tossing and turning and freezing while wrapped in one at 2 degrees celcius. The homeless need real blankets to survive the freezing temperatures of winter. On the coldest days, all I have to do is walk enough to warm up, then go back and crawl under a couple of sleeping bags and my body heat is enough to warm the space in a matter of minutes and keep me warm all night. If I did the same with emergency blankets, I would freeze to death.
Thank you for this info!
genuinely this is really good to know! this initiative is clearly well meaning but its worth noting that it may not be useful unfortunately
I think this technique would make a great waterproof lightweight picnic blanket!
Easy to shake off beach sand and water too
I love this idea. I was just watching a video about upcycling this morning. The creator talked about the importance of making something better and multi-use and also using materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. This projects checks all the boxes ❤❤❤
If you're interested in another go, try fusing crisp bags and HDPE shopping bags into ponchos. I mean, imagine the crowd at Old Trafford climbing into Doritos ponchos during a downpour...
I really appreciate all you've done in this video. I got the plastic bags and the iron. Just missing the sealer. Since it won't make the process faster, I'll skip it. Almost all of the process is exactly what I've been thinking all this time, but unfortunately, I don't have time to do the experiment. So now, I can start my project, thanks to you.
We have several homeless folks in our area, and our church distributes knit grocery bags to them. This would be great to pair with it! ❤❤❤
Thanks so much for this.
I was also looking for what to do with the big splenda/Stevia and/or coffee bags, so thank you bunches for the ideas and the Crisp Bag Project resource.
Ah that's great to hear that they'll go to such a good use!
Those would be good to keep in an emergency bag at our homes.
I have been saving mine for a year for exactly this reason. I also use dog food insulation which when delivered is wrapped in sheepskin. I have made 30+ 🥰
Me too 😊 make and sell to campers as little blankies raising funds for our charity 🤪
Hey, why not make the tent to go with the sleeping bag ! Great ideas as usual from you both
A crisp packet tent would be high-key awesome. I want to see it!
It’s on the list for the next 6 months!
I love how the names of chips/crisps are different there, then here in the States, but you can still tell by the colors and fonts what brands they are, lol
Lads, I am afraid you have been misinformed, firstly, there is no real 'foil' in those crisp/chip packets, the old-style packs have foil (thin sheets of metal) bonded onto paper just like Tetra-Pak drink containers & those can only be recycled at specialist recyclers (of which Tetra-Pak own the proprietary share). The most common crisp/chip packs nowadays are made from Bo-pet, more commonly known as Mylar (one brand of that product like Coke is one brand of cola) a product manufactured from mostly cross-bonded Polyester/Polyethelene, the silver colour comes from only a tiny amount of aluminium vapour. Mylar has been used to make "Space/Emergency Blankets" for First Aid Kits since the 1960s, it's used in lightweight insulation & heavily layered-up in space suits & anti-radioactive suits - all short-term use items. The 2nd misinformation; because the chip/crisp bags are plastic & non-breathable, they are good for EMERGENCY warmth only - LONG TERM/FREQUENT USE CAN BE DANGEROUS as they cause overheating & perspiration in the long-term, making you & your clothing more & more damp each time. Sleeping rough in wet clothing can put you at risk of hypothermia in winter's extremes.
You obviously have a lot of knowledge of these products. I, having previously worked in a factory that uses recycle in its products have a little knowledge in this area. You are correct.
It doesn't have to be metal, any reflective surface reflects heat, heat is just light [well it's a little bit more complicated than that but yeah] I highly doubt any of the safety blankets that like firefighters and stuff have on them actually have metal in them either.
They did put some vent holes in the finished product. Do you think this is insufficient?
I came up with the idea that this recycled crisp sheets can be used as an insulation material for rv or tiny house insulation purposes.
I know material is flammable. However cost effective.
In my country 🇦🇷 entrepreneurs use chip bags and other plastics, like the one from kebble for dogs, for making bags, backpacks and more. I recycled and i started melting milk sachets (very resisting plastic) to make gameplay mat for kids, shoe hanger, backpack. Love this video💚
That’s awesome!
I'm just thinking how great this is to make for the homeless community. We know foil blankets are uses for emergency services to help keep patients warm. These will help keep homeless keep from freezing, and something to help give them some sort of dry place to sit or lay. Help the homeless a d help the environment. It's a win win from items that would otherwise go to landfill.
I wonder whether folding the edge over a couple of times and then ironing it to fuse those layers would make the edge strong enough so that a zipper could be sewn to it.
It would make it a more practical sleeping bag which could be unzipped and turned into a big blanket.
Given that this product ac5s like a moisture barrier, it could be used on cement floors under carpets or flooring, also tyvek type products or as seal in attics and dirt basements. With the correct recycling program a company could produce this and sell it for use as above and easily take this portion of trash out of the oceans and landfills.
Could this possibly help to place inside diy shelters for stray animals? Would this help insulate their shelter? Love that this is waterproof especially for the cold months that can be brutal to animals
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These would also be great to use as linings for homemade solar ovens... :)
I think this is not only a brilliant idea but surely opens up all kinds of new possibilities for using recycled materials to produce a completely new material with heat reflective properties. Also on a smaller scale I wonder if the card wallets you made before would be good from this and if the foil would prevent card skimming??
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Foil definitely can prevent card skimming but it takes about 3 layers minimum depending on the radio frequency you are trying to block and the proximity of the readers/skimmers to your wallet. At work we have rfid antenna sticker tags that go with product UPCs now, but whenever we find a pulled off tag for a stolen item we have to put them in a shielded bag before they are inventory counted out manually, just to help the overhead rfid sticker readers not count them as part of our in-store real time inventory.
I have a few vague concept of using this technique plus possibly some bubble plastic mailer envelopes ( also not recyclable in my area) to create insulated sheets/panels for plant growing purposes. ( ie weather protection low tunnels or wraps for plant seedling towers)
You can make emergency blankets and cellphone signal blocking bags. (2 layers opening one way and 2 layers opening the other way.)
I wonder if you wove the strips of bags, if it would give it even more durability, to use for temp shelters, like a tarp would be
I love where your brain went to solve the heat sealer problem. I was thinking a couple of paperclips or bulldog clips then you’re just like nah foot pedal. Genius lol 😂
Always a fan of upcycling. I know that they do similar things with water bottles
I wonder if you can cut the crisp or chip bags that have been fused together into long strips that could then be crocheted like plastic bag yarn 😮
Then you could make an insulated lunch bag? I’m making plain now for a dog mat
I've been doing the same idea with cereal bags. I've been turning them into reusable shopping bags
This fantastic. This would be great youth project to do in a group. I could see this as huge boyscout or girl scout project. You could make these as a garden vegetable protector for vegetables in freezing weather. Liners in flower pots, reflectors from the sun to reduce the heat coming in super hot weather. Greenhouse uses also. These could be made bigger for a inner tent cover to hold in heat. Boot liners in super cold weather. The sleeping bag cover is a must have for survival gear in super cold weather.
In regards to the material never getting recycled again, you can just sequester it in art. Use it as form filler in a sculpture.
Yeah! It saves a lot too since some artists use foil but reusing plastic can cut down on plastic waste & it requires less new material.
I love that you went from the iron being quite calming to adrenaline packed races 😂😂
What if you use that thing to straighten out Hair to join the single little bags? Would make a not so narrow melting line as the package sealing device. And what about putting the bags in a washing machine in Programm wool? Safes you from labour and low temperature saves it from wrinkling. Love the idea of making those sleeping bags. Would go nicely with the crocheted mattresses from cheap grocery bags. To be found on you tube
I don't think so. I tried to melt plastic with a hair straightener. It didn't work.
@@eugenetswongprobably not hot enough. You don’t want to fry your hair, after all. The ones made for sealing bags are definitely hotter.
No one commenting on the brilliance of putting the damn things in the wash? Even a giant turkey pot at a rolling boil (assuming the bags don't melt at that temp) would be so much faster!
Wonder if you could incorporate discarded bubble wrap for insulation?
I just thought of something else! Water-resistant lightweight and (if you did a reflective layer on the outside, too) reflective vests for dogs and other four-footed friends! (I was just putting on my Chiweenie's reflective vest when it occurred to me.) They would be great for search dogs at disaster scenes, service dogs (who have to go out in all weathers), and as winter warmers for dogs who really can't cope with cold. And many other now fabric-based items could be made from them: sewists, start brainstorming! The bags have gone from unrecyclable to endlessly useful!
I am wondering if I could make a windscreen shield to stop the car icing up in winter!?
The kind of people who could actually do this and make it work are folks in Africa, who have plastic bag waste and irons. They could also use things like emergency blankets, etc, and they can't order mylar on Amazon for a few dollars. Here the labor to materials cost makes it pointles, there it would be a clever home business idea.
The US has a huge homeless problem and a trash problem . This ideal heals with both so I like it.
You guys need a bigger shop! I know that’s easier said than done but I’ve noticed the channel growing I bet it’ll be something I on the horizon. Love the content, keep it up! Cheers
This could be a great replacement for cheat tent material.
Dog food bags that are of the same make can also be used, and you need fewer because they're larger (I have a whole bunch of thirty-pound dog food bags in my basement waiting for me to clean them). Coffee bags, too. I was planning on making reusable shopping bags, but there will always be more dog food and coffee bags in my pack. . . . Oh, and you can weave them to make the bags stronger and prettier!
I think this will helpful during the Zombie Apocalypse! I will put it in our kit! Thank you all for your work!
Haha it would! I’m certainly keeping one in the boot of my car as well 👌
Loving the idea of recycling chip back I would like to make a table cloth For a picnic table I think that would work Great job guys
I had been saving the large size ones to make some tote bags out of, bit I hadn't got round to the project. I was planning on using scrapes of old clothes (sewn together into rectagles) as the lining, and sewing the bags together, rather then fusing them.
Edit - I got the idea from someone making a bag out of a Family size Dorietos bag with a fabric lining and sewing the parts they cut together.
is this something that would need respiratory protection, or is it low enough temps that it won't be releasing fumes? I'd love to try putting together some packets at home but I don't have any outdoor spaces and can't be opening windows in winter
All depends on the time of the exposure to fumes. If you do it all day use the respirator, if a few minutes not so bad. I used PLA for 5-6 hrs in a very good ventilated area and had severe headache. PLA is the most non toxic plastic. From my personal experience I suggest to use the respirator.
Not many studies are done on the subject, but many ppl in China who work in manufacturing facilities are dying from not known diseases. It's petrochemicals at the end of the day. It is up to you, but I'd recommend protecting yourself as we need more ppl like you :)
Neat project!! Seriously guys! Love it when you can make treasures from trash.
I am in USA, and find it interesting when you let us know terminology differences in our English. Thanks guys!
And also....what settings did you use on your iron, and on your sealer?
I think they've said before that they have their iron on the highest setting when working with HDPE/LDPE. Not sure about the plastic used for chip bags, or about the sealer though
@@Unownerdead thank you I couldn't remember, and think it looks different this time. Thanks :)
@@sistermaideThey said, I believe (but check!) to start on the middle setting and then adjust up or down a setting as necessary.
Can be mixed (plastic #7)= PET+PP+PE. At least that's how they mark it in Germany, but all depends on manufacturers.
Each brand can use different supplier with different plastic
I am honestly not a huge fan of this, like you said in the video, two materials are fused together. The crisp packets are PP, the plastic sheet LDPE. You can do something better by using the shredded crisp packets for injection moulding. I use a 1:10 mix of shredded PP foils and mixed PP granulate.
Not everyone has an injection molding machine. Everyone can afford iron and vacuum sealer.
Both are fine ideas. Most people don’t have a few hundred-few thousand to spend on an injection molding machine. Even if it’s not the best way to repurpose the plastics, it’s still a good way for people who want to do what they can, considering the amount of waste that’s produced every day wheres a 0% chance of a lot of it being recycled
In the past, when I have done warm clothing & blanket drives in the city, It has been requested that we donate blankets instead of fluff filled comforters. The unfortunate reason is that the homeless cut the blankets into strips in case they need to get up and run if attacked. The sleeping bag is the warmest idea, but the safest would be to keep as a blanket. Love you all!!!❤
You can also sew it and even add a zipper. And for another life after that maybe you could look into turning it into isolation material?
Keep up the good work brothers make am enjoying the videos. Plus i like how the ppl in the comments section, are suggesting some interesting ideas i love the good vibes here.
Foot peddle idea genius
I just found your channel. I will definitely try this..but maybe on a smaller scale, like trying a tote bag first. Just curious. In the 60s and 70s there was a lot of information on DIY solar panels. Could any of this reflective material be used for that? It’s impossible to even find that information now.
This would be good for like pup tents too. Thank you, as usual!
Guys, I really enjoyed this. 👏.
However, I've only just found ya'll.
The 20-sided die was the first. Love it.
If you can make wrap out of 2 pieces then it would make excellent insulation.
Fantastic project! We were just talking about crisp packaging and why companies don't make crisp packaging recyclable. I think I heard something about a collaboration with terracycle making crisp packaging into backpacks and selling at big box stores.
What a brilliant idea for recycling and helping people who need it 😊🎉
Genius use- I have one caveat/concern: if someone were of smaller frame and climbed inside too far, they could very easily smother to death in their sleep. Also, even if you're not homeless, if you have a drafty or poorly insulated house, you could use this for window or door coverings in winter, to keep your house warmer. (Bubble wrap is also good for this.)
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i dont have access to blanket plastic. Could plastic bags be used to strengthen the sheets?
Can you layer those with shopping bags ?
would love to try making curtains with those! I have a very hard time keeping up with the electricity bills. Would also cut sunlight in the morning! would it also help keeping the heat out of the house?
I think it would be practical for hikers or an emgerancy type blanket/ shelter. Bright colorful easy to spot
Thise little sealing things that melt the sides together might work, too.
Make one to keep in the car as part of your emergency kit.
Pringles cans stacked on top of each other make wonderful tennis ball launchers.
has given me the idea of making something with wet cat food packets. though i might have to sew them rather than iron them since they seem thicker. I can this can be turned into a tunnel to cover plants / veggies when it's cold
I wonder if you guys could use portable ultrasonic and bathtub to mass wash the bags wih dish soap to strip oil.
Great idea - we need to do everything we can these days.
Ooh, I can imagine packet jackets, packet ponchos, puppy pads, and ubiquitous tote bags 🤔🥰🎉
Great ideas!
Great video! Well done brothers. Always such a pleasure to watch you guys ❤
FYI, from Americans watching watching british youtube creators I have noticed some Brit terms making their way into the american language. An exampleis the phrase "full stop". Americans usually say "period". But now I have been running into people saying full stop. There are other words but I don't want to clog up your comments section. Cheers.
Interesting! Thanks for the lesson 😅👍🏽
GENIUS IDEA!! AND a funny video😂. Thanks guys, and thanks for the link x
I have an idea:
shred these bags really thin, like, 0.1mm sized particles
Then remelt it into shiny, metal-infused filament for 3d printing
From what I googled, their plastics is layers of polypropylene and polyethylene, both of which melt at low enough temps to be melted by 3d printer hotend (even if it's hard for most of them to reach 260 degrees to melt polyethylene, in even mixture polypropylene's 160 degrees should offset the overall temps to a lower side).
However, some resaults say there is... BOPP? or even PLA?
Maybe heated centrifuge will help separate these plastics, or chemical repolymerization?
Overall, someone SHOULD dig into this concept, maybe something WILL come out of it.
🤔 should use protective cloth on table surface? & does iron get build up from paper?
3/ could I reuse alum foil between, if I make 'pockets' with/between the rows? 3a🤫 I also have random sized bubble wrap!
= love the projects🤗 thankyou
🔥🔥🔥Great way to upcycle. Mahalo for sharing!
I remember a neighbour fusing crisp packets together by smashing the seems with a rock. She'd then fold it into a long ribbon and weave baskets with it.
Might be able to do a video on this. Just before the war in Ukraine I realised an idea while ice fishing. I had taken "cheesies" and marshmallows with me. I left on short notice. So I had taken the rest of the whole bag of marshmallows, as I couldn't think of what small container I might put less marshmallows in. While I was sitting in a chair fishing through the ice hole. I noticed I was warmer than what I should have been. The light and fluffy food acted as insulation from the cold. As the food was in various pockets on my coat. Then I'd mentioned that idea to many people. One guy that taught cold weather survival for the military in Alaska was extremely impressed with this idea. As I'd seen the food he might pack for cold weather bug out emergency. I don't recommend all light a puffy food, yet it's ideal if leaving in a disaster situation, or other. As the food might also act as a cushioning aspect and appear to have more food than what one might actually have if your travelling with kids. Might also help to not get bruised or injured if one falls on the light and fluffy food incases of slipping on mud, ice loose gravel, jumping out of the way of something or other while fleeing a war torn country. Some items I recall might help other than the ones I've mentioned. Various cereals, puffed rice, puffed wheat, cotton candy, various breads, and other foods with many pockets of air within.
i'd be tempted to double layer them, so less likely to get the holes, or just grab ripped packs to patch holes, so nothing gets wasted
Great idea, thank you for being so helpful and understanding. Gog Bless you. Give direction so others can make.
very interesting !
The only issue here is that during the time that you make this blanket 120 tons of blankets, sleeping bags, bed sheets, clothes and so on, would have been thrown away. So in a world with no waste, surely yes that's a great idea ! But at the same time you wouldn't ba able to find the empty packs if there is no waste...
But what a great problem to have! We aren’t in danger of having that problem anytime soon, though. Nevertheless, the Brothers are innovating and leading us in a good direction!
I wounder if i can be used as a moisture barrier for homes
Probably not as moisture barrier needs to breathe. Though it may work as insulation.
You men are geniuses 🙌🔥