There have been several tips on reusing these bags. If you go to YouTube and check out this video and many of the others you will be sick at what we are doing to Mother Earth.
I found mesh bags at a dollar type store - 4/$1. They are sturdy and hold a lot. I always forget the larger cloth bags I carry in my trunk so I finally got wise and carry these bags in my purse or pocket when shopping.
I too, used to use plastic bags for small trash bins, wrapping a dirty diaper, kitchen scraps, etc., but the never go away. This is one way we can protect our earth. It's the only one we have. Please reconsider using plastic bags at all!
One of our local groceries now uses biodegradable plastic bags. Not sure what they are made of actually but it says that they are 100% biodegradable and will break down when exposed to air, water and sunlight. The bags are also green in color which I think is appropriate!
Go ahead and use plastic shopping bags; but, recycle them!
It only takes 14 plastic shopping bags to make a t-shirt. They can be made into other clothing too, anything that uses synthetic fibers (polyester, rayon, spandex, etc.).
They can also be used to make "plastic wood" which is used for decking and many other outdoor projects. This "wood" lasts almost forever and no trees have to be cut down!
There are many other uses for these recycled bags and all you do is drop them off on the way into the store where you shop. How hard is that?
So what do you use to bundle your trash then? Because I am on the poorer side of the scale and I use the store shopping bags. They are free. Because my building does not allow us to just toss all of our trash into the dumpsters unless they are bagged. So what do you use to bag your trash?
This is a very interesting and informative video. It should also create some litter awareness. I believe that's how a lot of plastic bags and other debris like bottle caps and electric wire plugs, as mentioned in the video, are getting into our waters. Litter gets into the ditches and it washes into the streams. All streams lead to the ocean.
I have many uses for plastic bags and don't know what I will do if they are ever banned. I can't see how plastic grocery bags filled with trash are any different from trash in any other type of plastic as far as it being in the landfill. I believe the problem with plastic is not what's in the landfill but what is scattered between our homes and the landfills. A lot of the litter on the roadsides comes from trucks with unsecured loads. I've seen a lot of plastic bags blow out of trucks.
To have clean land and clean water, we need to work together and keep litter picked up everywhere.
My grocery store recycles plastic bags. I still use them to line trash cans around the house. But, when I come home from grocery shopping (or any shopping), I hang one bag from a knob and fill it up and take it back to the store. And also, at the store, I tell them to put as many items in one bag as feesible, instead of 1/2 gallon of milk in one, 3 cans in another. I'm old, not crippled.
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