World Paper Bag Day is celebrated every year on July 12th.The purpose of this day is to make people aware of the importance of paper bagusage and cut short the utilization of plastic bags. Plastic bags are harmful to the environment and pose a serious threat to living creatures on theplanet. For this, it becomes far more essential to educate people in thisregard about the promotion of an alternative to plastic bags.
History and Significance:
In 1852, Francis Wole an American invented world’sfirst-ever paper bag machine. Just 7 years later another inventor WilliamGoodale invented the ‘art of folding paper bags’ and was granted the patent onJuly 12th. Years later in 1871, an extension to this invention cameto the fore when Margaret E Knight, invented the machine that was capable ofproducing flat-bottom paper bags. Later she came to be known as the ‘Mother of PaperBags.’
The theme for the WorldPaper Bag Day, 2022:
Every year world paper day is observed with a certainspecific theme for the promotion of paper bags and to truncate the dependenceon plastic bags. As per certain reports, the theme of World Paper Bag Day 2022is “If you’re ‘Fantastic’, Do Something‘Dramatic’ To Cut the ‘Plastic’, Use Paper Bags’."