Meet Athens-based DitiKotecha who combines her knowledge of design and her love for all things handmade by handcrafting products from discarded plastic bags. thela_design upcycling
Christened after the colloquial name for plastic bag in Hindi, Théla’s pouches, accessories, jewellery and home decor products are India-born Diti’s answer to the world’s burgeoning plastic disposal problemsGrowing up in Mumbai in the ’80s, Diti Kotecha was far removed from a world that would go on to grapple with an apocalyptic plastic-disposal problem.
Single-use plastic requires a lot of energy and resources to manufacture and is used for only a few minutes before it is discarded. It goes into landfills where, depending on the type of plastic, it takes anywhere between 10 to 1,000 years to fully decompose before which it breaks down into tiny, toxic particles that contaminate our soil, plants and the food we eat.
For the woven products, I work with like-minded, ethical organisations in India. The durable woven textiles are made entirely with discarded plastic bags by a cultural craft centre called Since weaving with plastic yarn already exists in Khamir on such a large scale, it only makes sense to work with them. In many ways, India will always be home and supporting ethical, like-minded organisations from my motherland will always come naturally to me. Apart from working with Khamir in Kutch and C. C. Shroff in Mumbai, my plans for the near future involve collaborating with organic cotton retailers for the lining of the products.
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