Tricks4onlinebiz: We Can Make Money from Scrap/Recyclable Materials.

Scrap materials are found abundantly in the environment, they're present in the forms of paper, bottles, cans, plastic, etc. They can turn into polluting things if people don't show their concern in treating them properly or making them into something useful. There are three basic actions people can do in treating scraps : Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse.

Recycle means that we change scrap things into something useful and new which are different from their original materials.

Reduce means that we reduce/decrease pollutants being dumped into environment.

Reuse means we utilize used materials for other uses/purposes.

In accordance with environment protection, crafting activities using scrap materials can meet those three principles.

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Here are dolls and other creations made of rags

Can They Give Economic Returns ?

Plastic Waste.

Plastic waste is considered the most troublesome pollutant in my country. It can be found in every corner in the city and chokes sewerage and rivers on rainy days. Some methods have been implemented in the efforts of reducing plastics in environment including using them as landfill.

Another positive way in decreasing problems caused by plastic is reusing plastic packages for other benefits. This action has been socialized and developed in my country so that people can make different kinds of products made of used plastic packages and use this productivity as their source of income.

Some creative people have become inspiration for others due to their creation of various accessories like bags, laptop bag, purses, etc which are made out of used plastic packages.

One of them is Kasmi, a 51-year-old mother who runs a business in producing plastic accessories out of scrap plastics which are originally from packages of consumer goods like candy bags, softener liquid and coffee pouches, detergent sacks, etc. Her business yields income for her and her workers as much that we've never imagined before. As an illustration, from the products they export to Singapore and Dubai they make an enticing turnover up to 30 million rupiah (or around 3,200 US$) a month, not to mention the values from exports to other countries (Journey of Ester).