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Wouldn’t it be great if you could make a reusable messenger bag out of all of the plastic bags that have accumulated in your house?  Well, Make magazine shows us that for a fun Sunday project you totally can, all it takes is a little ironing and sewing.

Ideally we want to stop using plastic bags all together, so they don’t contribute more waste to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and continue to create a demand for oil used to produce them.  Despite our best efforts though, we sometimes end up with a few of them, so why not put the surplus bags to good use in the meantime.  Check out this video to learn how:

Pretty clever, eh?  Make is definitely my new favorite website for awesome DIY projects that breath new life into old stuff otherwise might go to waste.