CARTONS UNDER THE SUN

Since 2013


Through the recycling projects of the Lionheart Society (www.lionheartsociety.com), a student-initiated community service group I am currently leading, we have been able to collect annually around 150,000 – 200,000 discarded beverage cartons. Apart from sending these items to Tetrapak to be manufactured into roof sheets and boats used during natural calamities, I have also used these cartons to make sunhats. This is another eco-friendly and creative way of upcycling these beverage cartons. Using my knowledge of the production method, I have taught those working low-income jobs in both Bangkok and rural areas the skills required to make the hats as a means of gaining more money, producing their own clothing and as gifts. The hats have also been donated to children in order to protect them from the harsh sunlight.

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