Final Straw Foundation‘s innovative ‘Borrow Bag’ project, running since 2019, has made great progress over the last year. Borrow Bags are handy tote bags, sewn by volunteers, from fabric destined for landfill or other waste streams. They’re donated to local shops to give out instead of plastic bags for customers to borrow and bring back to any participating shop. This scheme has already prevented between 25,000 – 125,000 plastic bags from entering circulation and diverted over 250 Kg of fabric from landfill in the Solent area and beyond, with the help of over 250 amazing volunteers. The team are offering two free workshops in August for volunteers to come and learn how to make Borrow Bags. You can find out more about the workshops here. If you are unable to attend but would still like to volunteer by making Borrow Bags, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!