Milk Bag Mats Ottawa

In addition to mats milk bag scraps are also used to stuff pillows and to weave into handbags.

Milk bag mats ottawa. This feel great activity is great for all ages to participate in. They had an overabundance o. In the west the mat making event was held at glen forest secondary school in mississauga. We transform milk bags into sleeping mats for the homeless and needy.

How to weave a milk bag mat part 1. Making milk bag mats. With 2 floors of clothing jewelry and accessories we are one of ottawa s go to shopping destinations. Click here for milkbag groups in toronto area.

Recycling milk bags into bed mats 2011 19. With a report from ctv toronto s scott lightfoot. Cut 2 inches off the top of the bag the extra piece that is longer than the actual bag 4. We are in need of someone to transport finished mats totes from ottawa to mississauga or port hope or peterborough or lindsay.

Ottawa ontario canada. Many of you have received boxes of bags flattened by her. Several years ago a small group of women at saint paul s came together to make milk bag sleeping mats to be sent to third world countries. These milk bags which would otherwise be garbage are transformed into sleeping mats pillows and purses.

20 volunteers turned up and and were able to complete seven mats. Northwest haiti christian mission canada has a mats 4 haiti program that distributes milk bag sleeping mats and totes for people in haiti. The milk bag mats offer people without beds an invaluable durable and washable alternative to sleeping on the often cold and damp ground. Fold in half again.

Milk bag sleeping mats thorold ontario. Sobey s loves the milk bag project and 5 stores have a milk bag collection. How to weave a milk bag mat part 2 4 steps on to cut the bags into strips. Come see us in the byward market today.

Keeps a record of all the bags she flattens. H gets the bags and flattens them very neatly and puts them in boxes. Not only can these milk bag mats provide comfort as a bedding alternative but have been used by health care professionals as a make ready substitute for an operating bed table where resources are scarce. Fold the bag in hal.