Bengaluru NGO rents out cloth bags to help residents eliminate plastic
Though the NGO is focused more in the surrounding areas of Rajarajeswari Nagar, this concept could motivate people to stop using plastic bags and use cloth bags instead
Bengaluru: While several protests and fines were put to stop the usage of plastic bags, an NGO, I Care, took on a different approach and began an initiative to stitch cloth bags and distribute to street vendors at a low price. The customers who purchase the cloth bag from a street vendor can also return the cloth bag in exchange for money.
The cloth bags are stitched in Tara Old Age Home in Rajarajeswari Nagar, where a Vocational Training Centre (VTC) has been instituted to train people in sewing. The NGO aims to regularly churn out cloth bags at the centre.
