Coffee sack basket, $59

Many people end up accidentally collecting cheap polypropylene shopping bags rather than regularly reusing them. But what really bothers me about the bags is that they come in one of the most unattractive shades of green I’ve ever seen. When the central Victorian town I live in became plastic bag free last year, every resident was given a brown cotton tote. Like this basket made out of a recycled coffee sack, it is not only much more durable but rather beautiful too.

Recycled basket, from
the Suzuki Night Market
or WozWaste

I was once a real regular at the Suzuki Night Market as I used to be entrusted with the entertainment of two teenagers with disabilities who liked listening to bands. It wasn’t that I couldn’t get the boys into pubs, but that they would routinely start to fall asleep at around 9pm. Luckily, they were just as happy to hear the Victoria Police Rock Band “Code One” as they were whoever was resident at my local hotel, though I did worry that the boys might’ve started walking up to uniformed officers in the street and asking for a song.