# Plaited Gazette Packaging Re News Encourages You to Reuse Yesterday's Journals for Useful Purposes By Amelia Roblin | Published 2014-01-13 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/re-news References: [nataliacoll](http://www.nataliacoll.com/) The life cycle of a newspaper might be longer than you think between production and its eventual breaking down. The Re News project suggests a way to give your daily paper better quality of life so that it doesn't spend most of it moving from bin to bin. Instead, Natalia Coll actually suggests making a bin out of the journals that you've already read. The idea is that you would print instructions from the Internet for [folding and weaving strips](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fyrn-studio-series) of the paper together. By overlapping the segments, you end up with the checkered pattern that's reminiscent of a [woven basket](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/basket-sculptures). Once complete, you can use your Re News pannier as a container for assorted items, or even as a [recycling receptacle](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rae) for other scraps around your home. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.0/10 - Popularity: 90% | Activity: 81% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Gen Alpha, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Sustainable Packaging:** Providing instructions to consumers for creating reusable baskets from old newspapers can disrupt the traditional packaging industry by promoting eco-friendly and creative solutions to reducing waste. - **DIY and Upcycling:** Encouraging consumers to utilize instructional guides for creating products from waste can disrupt the traditional retail industry by promoting self-sufficiency and upcycling practices. - **Circular Economy:** Promoting the practice of reusing and repurposing waste products can disrupt the linear economy by promoting closed loop systems where waste is minimized and products are reused for multiple purposes. ### Who This Affects Most - **Packaging:** Providing solutions for eco-friendly packaging methods can disrupt the traditional packaging industry, promoting sustainable solutions to reducing waste. - **Retail:** Encouraging consumers to create products from waste can disrupt the traditional retail industry by promoting self-sufficiency and upcycling practices, where waste is minimized and products are reused for multiple purposes. - **Recycling:** Promotion of creative and practical practices for utilizing waste can disrupt the recycling industry by providing alternative and cost-effective methods to recycle products. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sustainably Constructed Garbage Cans](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rubbish-bin.md) - [Paper-Made Dissolvable E-Waste](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pape.md) - [Recycled Paper Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-plod-stool.md) - [Conversation-Starting Eco Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/delo.md) - [Waste-Transformed Biomaterials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/by-osmosis.md) - [Creative Laundry Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rewear-chair.md) - [Separating Eco Carton Packaging](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bruk-sustainable-packaging-design.md) - [Recycled Packaging Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/debatin.md) - [Craft-Inspired 3D-Printing Styles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digitally-woven.md)