Planet or Plastic | National Geographic Magazine: Bangladesh Balloon Factory

boy and man carry boards with neon green and pink plastic sticks at a balloon factory

Workers at a balloon factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, dip boards with sticks into a mix of colorful polymers leaving them in the sun.  As they begin to dry, they are rolled up and the material forms the end of a blow-up balloon.   These are “home-made” and  artisanal, but still “single-use-plastic.”