More than 700 Chennai students braided 7,000 metres of discarded clothes
Chennai Online reported that fashion students at SRM Ramapuram attempted a 7,000-metre braid from about 700 kilograms of discarded clothes, for Goonj to turn into bags and mats.
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More than 700 students in Chennai turned discarded clothes into a braid about 7,000 metres long. Chennai Online reported on October 22, 2026, that fashion design students at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, attempted a world record with cloth that had been bound for a landfill, about 700 kilograms of it.
Students in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Business Studies prepared and joined the braid. A representative of Goonj was at the attempt. The charity is due to receive the finished textile and make bags, mats, and similar goods. The paper calls it an attempt. It does not say an outside record keeper has certified the length. What it does report is a braid the students finished, a pile of waste cloth kept in use, and a recipient that already turns leftover fabric into things people need.
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Chennai Online reported on October 22, 2026, that more than 700 students at SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Ramapuram, Chennai, made a braid about 7,000 metres long from discarded clothes. Fashion design students did the work. The cloth, about 700 kilograms, had been headed for a landfill. The braid is to be given to the charity Goonj, which plans to turn it into bags and mats. The students attempted a world record. The paper did not say an outside group had confirmed one. The clear result is a very long braid made from clothes that would have been thrown away.
- What happens to old clothes if nobody finds a new use for them?
- Why would a school ask hundreds of students to work on one braid?
- What is something your class could make from materials that were going to be thrown out?
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