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Homemade bags to the fore
View(s):With the polythene ban on and some supermarkets insisting on customers to bring their own bags, housewives have foreseen a niche in the market place.
Story and pics by Karuwalagaswewa Jayarathna
G.N. Sumanawathie, a housewife from a village from Saliyawewa has been quick to move into the void created by the absence of the ‘silli silli’ bags. She together with her husband Nimal Jayatilake has started their own business churning out homemade bags using dense fabric that can withstand the weight of kilograms of vegetables and fruits the shopper is used to carrying. Sumanawathie says the bags are washable and therefore re-usable.
The colourful bags come in all sizes and shapes and are sold to the villagers. She also has designed a special bag to carry rice.
Meanwhile shopkeepers have also taken steps to reduce the use of Polythene bags with some of the shops wanting customers to bring their own bags.
Churning out homemade bags
Bagging business
The colour of sustainability
Fresh produce in a bag
Capable of holding many a kilo