New Power Party Changhua County Councilor Wu Wei-ta (吳韋達) has unveiled a line of tote bags made of recycled campaign banners.
Wu, who is running for re-election, joined the “Rebirth — canvas recycling and reusing program” initiated by Taiwanese canvas brand TAGather Goods to transform fabric waste into fashionable tote bags.
Wu said he wanted to incorporate the circular economy into his campaign, while embracing an environmental trend gaining popularity in the fashion world.
Photo: Chang Tsung-chiu, Taipei Times
He said he plans to provide students at certain schools with canvas for them to be creative in making bags.
In using material that would have been thrown away after a campaign event, the tote-bag initiative combines the concepts of zero waste, sustainability and social welfare, he said.
The process of recycling banner canvas is complicated, as the material has to be cleaned, while rope and metal parts have to be removed before the canvas can be cut, the designer of the bag said.
Some banners have irregular creases and must be spread out flat for several days to be smoothed, she said.
Cleaning, removing unwanted parts, cutting and sewing must all be done carefully to produce a bag that is reusable, waterproof, stainproof and easy to clean, she said.
The Rebirth program has been working with businesses to explore reusing single-use textiles and is cooperating with more than 50 organizations, including IKEA, the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee and the Fubon Guardians baseball team.
‘DENIAL DEFENSE’: The US would increase its military presence with uncrewed ships, and submarines, while boosting defense in the Indo-Pacific, a Pete Hegseth memo said The US is reorienting its military strategy to focus primarily on deterring a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a memo signed by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth showed. The memo also called on Taiwan to increase its defense spending. The document, known as the “Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance,” was distributed this month and detailed the national defense plans of US President Donald Trump’s administration, an article in the Washington Post said on Saturday. It outlines how the US can prepare for a potential war with China and defend itself from threats in the “near abroad,” including Greenland and the Panama
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is maintaining close ties with Beijing, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday, hours after a new round of Chinese military drills in the Taiwan Strait began. Political parties in a democracy have a responsibility to be loyal to the nation and defend its sovereignty, DPP spokesman Justin Wu (吳崢) told a news conference in Taipei. His comments came hours after Beijing announced via Chinese state media that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command was holding large-scale drills simulating a multi-pronged attack on Taiwan. Contrary to the KMT’s claims that it is staunchly anti-communist, KMT Deputy
RESPONSE: The government would investigate incidents of Taiwanese entertainers in China promoting CCP propaganda online in contravention of the law, the source said Taiwanese entertainers living in China who are found to have contravened cross-strait regulations or collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could be subject to fines, a source said on Sunday. Several Taiwanese entertainers have posted on the social media platform Sina Weibo saying that Taiwan “must be returned” to China, and sharing news articles from Chinese state media. In response, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has asked the Ministry of Culture to investigate whether the entertainers had contravened any laws, and asked for them to be questioned upon their return to Taiwan, an official familiar with the matter said. To curb repeated
Myanmar has turned down an offer of assistance from Taiwanese search-and-rescue teams after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the nation on Friday last week, saying other international aid is sufficient, the National Fire Agency said yesterday. More than 1,700 have been killed and 3,400 injured in the quake that struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay early on Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock. Worldwide, 13 international search-and-rescue teams have been deployed, with another 13 teams mobilizing, the agency said. Taiwan’s search-and-rescue teams were on standby, but have since been told to stand down, as
RSS