July 12 is celebrated as paper bag day. This is because an American inventor in 1852 made the first paper bag machine. Post the invention of the machine in 1859 William Goodale designed the art of folding paper bags. He was granted [atent on July 12th.
In 1871 Margaret E. Knight made another machine that was designed to make flat-bottom paper bags. Knight was also called as the “mother of grocery bags”.
It was in 1883 when the bottom paper bag was invented by Charles Stilwell. He made bags easier to fold. In 1912, the invention of handles in bags was done by Walter Deubener.
Importance
The importance of paper bag day is to make everyone aware of the effects and harms of plastic bag on nature. Plastic bags do not get decomposed easily and are biodegradable. If we have to decompose plastic then it will take us 1000 years. Soil shall also get affected in that process.
