Each year, Vancouver, Canada-based Design HQ creates more than 200 32" x 60" nylon street banners for this unique shopping neighborhood. Rather than send them to the landfill, Design HQ calculated the reduction in environmental impact of upcycling old material (rather than using new nylon) and developed a program to transform them into reusable nylon shopping bags sold by Commercial Drive merchants. All revenue is contributed to a fund to develop new public green space in the neighborhood.
