String bag
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A string bag, net bag, or mesh bag is an open netted bag. Mesh bags are constructed from strands, yarns, or non-woven synthetic material into a net-like structure. String bags are used as reusable shopping bags[1] and as packaging for produce.[2]
History
Bags of net-like material have been used by many cultures in history. For example, Japanese divers have used string bags to collect items to bring to the surface.[3]
Czechoslovakia
In Czechoslovakia, the production of string bags dates back to 1920s to the town of
East Germany (German Democratic Republic)
The classic East German Einkaufsnetz (shopping net) has leather handles and multicoloured netting made from Eisengarn, a strong, starched and waxed cotton thread.[5]
Due to shortages of many types of raw materials in the GDR, recycling and reusing were the norm; plastic one-use shopping bags were rarely available in shops.[6]
The bags took up very little space when not in use and therefore could be carried around in case one serendipitously came across something useful for sale.[5][7]
In West Germany use of net shopping bags declined from the early 1980s due to single-use plastic bags becoming common in shops and supermarkets, but they continued to be used in the GDR.[8]
In the 1960s and 1970s net bags were also made out of Dederon, the East German trade name for Nylon 6. The oil crisis of the mid-1970s meant that GDR could no longer produce Dederon in such large quantities and Eisengarn was then more often used for the manufacture of net bags.[7][8]
Environmental concerns,
Russia
String bags were popular in Russia and throughout the
Etymology
The name "avoska" derives from the Russian adverb
See also
References
- ^ US 5050999, Van Loon, III, James C., "Open-mesh net bag and method of forming the same", published 1991-09-24
- ^ Soroka, W (2008). Illustrated Glossary of Packaging Terminology (Second ed.). Institute of Packaging Professionals. p. 12.
- ^ "String Bag of Clams | LACMA Collections".
- ^ Robert Šimek (2010-04-24). "Díky Vavřinu Krčilovi se zrodila síťovka" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18..
- ^ a b Klassik Lust. Eine wiederentdeckte Waren-Transportmöglichkeit (in German). (Accessed: 4 December 2016)
- ^ "Einkaufsnetz". Museum-digital (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b c ""Dederon, ein Begriff für Qualität" - Eine DDR-Kunstfaser setzt sich durch". DDR Museum (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Wiebrecht, Volker; Skuppin, Robert (2 May 2009). "Aus der Mode, aus dem Sinn: Das Einkaufsnetz". Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Umweltaktion von Bürgerblick Passau: Netz gegen Plastikmüll". Mediendenk (in German). 21 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ a b Keseling, Uta (9 March 2010). "Der Stoff, aus dem die DDR war, kehrt zurück". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ ISBN 1860646115, p.40
- ^ In California, a Step Toward B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bag), The New York Times, June 2, 2010.
- ^ "" Sobesednik no. 37 (in Russian)
- ^
Literaturnaya gazeta, 1970. no. 14, cited from the Russkaya Rech magazine, 1976, digitized by Google