UK students hoist world's largest jute bag on International Plastic Bag Free Day
Updated 2019.07.06 09:47 GMT+8
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A jute bag that could fit two million bottles of water smashed a Guinness World Record after it was hoisted at a primary school in Bradford-on-Avon, UK. /VCG Photo
The students helped snatch the record for the world's largest jute bag on International Plastic Bag Free Day in an effort to reduce plastic use and raise awareness about environmental protection. /VCG Photo
The giant jute bag measures 22.5 meters wide and 14.6 meters high, the size of nine double-decker buses. /VCG Photo
In the coming weeks, the bag will be cut up into smaller pieces and given to the children so that they can make their own smaller bag from the material. /VCG Photo