Shopping network
A shopping net is a net in the form of a bag and is used to carry the purchases. It usually consists of durable nylon or natural fibers such as cotton . The handles are often made of leather , synthetic leather or reinforced fibers. With a weight of 30 to 50 grams and a load capacity of 15 to 20 kilograms, it is more resilient than a plastic bag . When empty, it can be stowed away very easily and to save space. Good quality shopping nets often last for several years and their longevity makes them good alternatives to plastic bags. In addition to the carrying nets, there are special shopping nets that can be attached to strollers or wheelchairs.
origin
The Czechoslovak businessman Vavřín Krčil (1895–1968) invented the shopping net in the 1920s by repurposing hair nets . The latter were no longer in demand because of the hair fashion of that time ( bob hairs ). Hairnets were made from rayon thread by women (often) at home and delivered to Vavřín Krčil. Changing the function of nets from holding hair to transporting it was obvious and could be achieved with just a few material changes. They quickly became popular due to their low price, light weight and compact shape. Krčil soon found other designs to be worn on the elbow or over the shoulder, and there were nets to carry sports gear. At the end of the 1920s, he had production in Switzerland and Italy and delivered worldwide: for example to Switzerland, Germany and Austria, Canada, France and North African countries.
development
Such networks were widespread in Germany in the post-war years . The typical East German shopping net with leather handles was initially made of strong, starched and waxed cotton yarn ( iron yarn ). The nets were mostly multicolored. The load-bearing capacity was improved by using Dederon nets. “These colorful mini shopping nets from Dederon from the 1970s were very sturdy and incredibly stretchy - real space miracles. It could hold up to 12 bottles of beer. The GDR citizens liked to use them when shopping, because they could be carried in the smallest handbag to save space , because there were only a few plastic bags in the sales outlets ”. These nets were in turn reusable and long-term use was normal. The small footprint and the large load capacity for the shopping made them useful.
Initially, the nylon net with its improved load-bearing capacity was also used in western Germany . But by the 1970s at the latest, the plastic bag in the supermarket replaced a container that was carried along personally. Making containers from film was more effective than weaving nets.
Due to the raw material situation, use in the GDR remained high until the end of the 1980s, despite the emergence of plastic bags in department stores . The colorful shopping bag became an expression of Ostalgie after the political change .
For several decades, the plastic bag had displaced the shopping network. Since plastic bags were banned for reasons of environmental protection in some countries such as China , Bangladesh and large parts of East Africa , the shopping network has been used more frequently and more widely. In Germany, cotton bags are offered and used more often as an alternative to plastic shopping bags.
Avoska
Shopping bags in the form of a net made of straps are very popular in Russia - especially in the later period of the USSR - and are called Avoska (Russian: авоська), which can be translated as "casual bags". Avoska is a common side effect in Soviet everyday life. They are made in a variety of threads and straps of different materials. With the advent of synthetic materials, they were made from stretchable strings so that a small net will stretch into a large sack. With the popularity of plastic bags and their foldability, the avoskas fell out of use, but because of the political will to ban plastic items from the market, they are coming back.
Evidence for the meaning and origin of the word "Avoska" can be found in a popular Soviet scene sequence by the author Vladimir Polyakov. In it the satirist Arkady Raikin portrays a simple man from the street who holds a net sack in his hands. When he holds it up to the audience, he says: « А это авоська. Авось-ка я что-нибудь в ней принесу ... »(German:" This is that coincidental. If I bring something home with luck ... ")" The 'avoska' was the lifesaver when there was something unexpected to buy, shops didn't offer any Bags on to carry the shopping. "
- Formations
Leather handle
filled net
Linkage, plastic handle
as a strappy bag
a sales network
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portal History of Ideas September 09/11
- ↑ pinterest.de : Selection of networks and productions
- ↑ Robert Šimek: Díky Vavřinu Krčilovi se zrodila síťovka . As Czech text from April 24, 2010, archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
- ↑ A rediscovered way of transporting goods .
- ↑ DDR Museum : Grandma's shopping net - Another popular synthetic fiber product was the shopping bag from Dederon.
- ^ House of History Wittenberg
- ↑ Out of fashion, out of mind . In: Der Tagesspiegel , May 2, 2009.
- ↑ Of Russian origin: Avoska
- ↑ The name "avoska" is derived from the Russian adverb avos' (Russian: авось), which means something like: expectation of happiness.
- ↑ Russia Today : The term Avoska is a Russian word finding that does not exist in any other country. March 21, 2011.
- ↑ In California, a Step Toward BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) by Felicity Barringer, June 2, 2010: shoppers in Moscow did routinely - keep an avoska, or reusable sack .
- ↑ Literaturnaja Gazeta , issue 14/1970. Quoted in: Русская речь, issues 1–6 ( literature and politics magazine ), Verlag Nauk, Moscow 1976, limited preview in Google book search
- ↑ A family story .