NO OLD BAGS IN FROGHILL, THANKS TO MICHELLE
A nationwide competition to design an environmentally friendly carrier bag has been won by a Froghill College student.
The competition, which was the brainchild of environmental group the Trees, Water And Terrain Society (TWATS), required entrants to design a bag which, while maintaining the strength and economy of plastic, would completely degrade after a set period of time.
The first prize of £53.20 was awarded to Michelle Duckwitz, 19, of Old Mill Road, Swansdike, for her invention of a bag which spontaneously combusts after two hours.
“I made the bag in the chemistry lab at college,” said Michelle.
“The plastic used in the design has minute sensors integrated into its molecular structure,” she explained, “so that a countdown process is activated as soon as anything weighing over 50 grams is placed in the bag.
“Then, after a period of exactly two hours, the bag bursts into flame and burns at a temperature in excess of 350°C, which ensures that it is totally consumed in under four seconds.”
In order to avoid accidental injury to its owner, the bag also features an alarm clock attached to one of its handles by a piece of string. The alarm clock can be set to ring just prior to combustion.
When asked what might happen should the alarm clock prove to be defective, Michelle replied that she was thrilled to have won and would celebrate by treating her boyfriend to a takeaway from I’ll Be Burgered.
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