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This way you empty the trash more frequent, keep the house more sanitary and odorless. For the last twenty years, we have never bought the commercial garbage bags. Of course you can also find other uses for the bags.
By Peng from Seattle, WA
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06/14/2011
There is another way to reuse the plastic bag. This movie was a competition to add value to the bag plastic. This clip won the competition, it is on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbarPbF3Pe8&feature=related It's very funny,
or just write on youtube "imagine it bag plastic"!
By
04/13/2011
I use grocery plastic bag as yarn to crochet anything on my mind. It is so rewarding when I see my crafts. Not only I help the environment but I can also bring my creativity out of it.
By
04/13/2011
I use grocery plastic bag as yarn to crochet anything on my mind. It is so rewarding when I see my crafts. Not only I help the environment but I can also bring my creativity out of it.
By
02/01/2010
I know I have already posted. But I shop at albertson's stores. If you bring in your own plastic grocery bags to the check out with you, reuse them you get a nickel a bag off your bill.
By
02/01/2010
I crochet and knit items out of them. Sometimes I cut them into strips. Sometimes I take those strips and twist into as small as yarn. Depending on what I make. I go out to the recycle bin and grab up paper that is not shiney and shread it up and mix with water in a blender making pulp. Use it as clay or make more paper.
By
01/31/2010
As I was reading the posts on this subject, I had a few thoughts to share. I do use plastic grocery bags in small waste receptacles around the house. When I was a little girl, my mother always reused both the paper bags, in the 13 gal. kitchen trash can, and the small plastic ones in the small waste cans. It was just the normal way things were done at my house, so I thought that was how everyone did it!
I only get these bags when I need them and use reusable bags for groceries instead. I keep them in the back of the car along with one that is insulated for hot or cold itmes, depending on the circumstances. However, for the recycling bin we put by the road, the worker has asked that people use the large paper bags. He can just throw those on the truck, but he can not take the plastic ones. So when I need to replace those bags, I ask for 3 paper bags when my groceries are bagged.
Secondly, I noticed that someone talked about taking magazines to be recycled and used plastic for that. How about taking the magaziines to the beauty shop, the hospital, the doctor's office, the car repair shop or any other place where magazines are laid out for people to read while they are waiting. I get very few magazines, but I do take the ones I have to these places or give them to friends to read.
Lastly, I would like to mention about newspapers. I enjoy holding and reading the paper and doing some of the games in the newspaper, but when I thought about the expense and the need to recycle, I had a hard time to justify buying the paper. I offered to share the cost with a neighbor, who said I could just have their paper when they are done. They put them in our box when they are finished and I recycle them after I have read them. When they are away, I retrieve the paper from their box and read it. I save the papers until they return and take them over so they can read them if they choose, which they usually do.
Just a couple of other options! I hope it helps.
By
08/09/2009
My daughter and son-in-law live in another state. I save my plastic grocery bags and use them as free packing material when I send them gifts.
By
08/04/2009
Please reconsider using plastic bags at all. they NEVER go away! Go to YouTube and type in "plastic bags" and watch any of the videos. It will make you sick. Here's one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxNqzAHGXvs&NR=1. I too used to use plastic bags for many "re-cycling" projects -- in small trash bins, wrapping dirty diapers, kitchen scraps, etc. When I saw these videos I quit cold turkey. I now use the pictured small mesh bags. They fit in my pocket or purse so I always have them as I always forgot the larger bags in my car trunk. I got these at one of the $$ type stores -- they are very strong and hold a lot. We have to do something to protect our earth -- it's the only one we have! Thanks
By
08/04/2009
I used those grocery bags as trash bags for years. Now we use bigger ones to collect all the smaller ones - & we still take along our grocery bags to use for trash when we are on the boat. If any are left we then take them back to the store to recycle them. So, using them that way, I don't see why they are so demonized, except for those who leave them around as litter - and that is a litter problem. Maybe a chemist out there will explain if there is a real difference?
By
08/04/2009
Yes, the bags end up in the landfill in the end. But... So does the bags you purchase made for trash cans. So to all you "dont use, recycle" people... what do you all use for trash bags? Same difference.
Anyways, I love this post. We do this as well. Instead of a trash can in the kitchen, we just have two small hooks by the door leading outside. However, we live in an apartment and the kitchen is tiny,
Also, these bags have less material used than trash can liners ( even the small ones ) so it is in fact a better alternative... in my view anyways.
Reuse your paper bags as sewing patterns or to wrap up postal packages.
By
08/04/2009
You're still putting plastic bags into the landfills. Better yet save them take them back to the store and put in their recycle bin for just plastic bags. Every store has them as you enter the store.
By
08/04/2009
I don't have a pattern, but you can cut the plastic bags in strips and crochet them to make rugs and such. A lady in our church is going to teach us how.
By
08/04/2009
I am saving up my plastic grocery bags to make a "green" Grocery bag. I will cut the bags in strips, join them together and either knit or crochet a bag to take to the grocery store. They can also be knit or crocheted into rugs or whatever you want.
By
08/04/2009
I've been doing this for years as well (reusing grocery bags as trash bags) so I was really surprised so many people on the green movement front started pushing people to use canvas bags at the stores. Although, maybe they don't use garbage bags at all but if you do (and I do!) it's a great alternative use for them! I still do use tall kitchen bags but only in the kitchen I reuse grocery bags for every other room that has a can.
By
05/20/2009
I use the plastic grocery bags for mucky garbage, and like Peng, haven't used a purchased garbage bag for that for a long time. I use waste paper baskets without liners for places like my office where the garbage is just paper and cardboard.
I applaud michawnpita for being frugal and not using plastic at all, but I am afraid I am not as energetic.
By
05/20/2009
You can also reuse paper grocery bags - yes, some stores still use them. As lng as the garbage isn't wet, paper works as well or better, and is biodegradable besides.
By
05/20/2009
We used to use the plastic shopping bags for our rubbish as well until recently when here in our state in Australia the government banned the supermarkets from issuing them. So now I have to buy plastic bags for my rubbish or just put the rubbish straight into the bin without plastic. Either way there is nothing gained as I have to wash the bins out with precious water and disinfectant which does nothing to help the environment or use plastic bags which I buy (these are usually made overseas and not here so there no gain to our economy.
By
05/19/2009
Even better yet, recycle the plastic bags at the grocery store to be made into new things. "Recycling" them by using them as trash bags, it just throwing them into the landfill a few days later.
Better still, is to buy plastic garbage cans, that way when they get grimy you can wash them, in the meantime spray them down after each empty with some Lysol or homemade disinfectant.
Below you can read previous posts and comments about this topic. The discussions on this page has been archived 1 time. Select a discussion and read the feedback here.
(Archived May 19, 2009)Reuse Plastic Grocery Bags
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By Mary
By smcarney
My son gets car sick easy so we always carry wal-mart bags under the seat in the car within easy reach for him. They are great for collecting "trash" in the car too.
By Reta
Store empty grocery sacks, rolled into empty cardboard paper towel rolls. Great for the car. We always keep a couple of rolls in the trunk. Great disposable trash bags.
By Sean C
By Row
By Ziggee
By Di
By Joyce
By darween
By rich51
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By Rubyred
I too use grocery bags to line my trashcans around the house. I didn't realize how much easier it was to just pick them up, tie the top and out they go. Recently, I have been having some problems with my balance and so I have been having to sit down to do my cooking in the kitchen. I take a plastic bag and tie one of the handles around the handle of one of the drawers to throw scraps, etc. in.As a hint though, I have been told not to keep any plastic bags that anything like meat in them as they might attract bugs. Yuck!!!
By TonyaG
Garbage Bowl liner: keep a large bowl on your kitchen counter lined with a plastic grocery bag. As you are preparing a meal, put garbage from preparing the meal in the bag. At the end of preparation, tie the bag up and dispose in the main garbage can.
By WandaJo
When cooking, making salads, peeling and preparing vegetables, I lay an open plastic grocery bag in my sink bowl to hold the waste. When I'm finished cleaning, peeling, cutting, etc. I then tie the bag, throw the whole thing in the trash. Makes for very easy clean-up.By Gena Rae
Just yesterday, I slipped a plastic grocery bag over the dish I used when I peeled potatoes. Afterwards, I simply turned it inside out and all the mess was inside ready to tie and trash! I got lucky and found a plastic "device" that I got the entire purchase price refunded for! All it cost was the stamp! I use it in the bathroom by the toilet where it is small. I sometimes slip several inside each other at a time to store them handily & slip the handles over, it fits perfect because it can squoosh! Sometimes the bags get small tears that I mend with a piece of tape, then fold it down neatly and put in a bag I got for 10 cents and it hangs on the doorknob in the kitchen.
The bins are quite expensive so we stretch the use time a little longer by lining the bins with plastic grocery bags. Each night as we go to empty the litter, we lift out the grocery bag and the waste bin stays clean. Inserting those grocery bags every day helps keep odors out of the plastic waste bin and it last much longer.
I kill two birds with one stone. We have not solved two problems in decades: Dog waste problems in urban areas and grocery bag problems. My pooper scooper has a collapsible frame structure which springs open any grocery bag instantly, and it catches dog feces before it hits the ground. If all dog owners reuse grocery bags for 68 million dogs in the US, they might need more bags. Visit my website at: http://www.doggiepoopcatcher.com for more info.By katz
Since I have 4 cats, scooping the cat pan is an "every time I walk past it" chore. I don't like to just scoop the clumping litter into a garbage pail, but since I have 77 steps down (and back up) to the garbage bins, I've found that scooping the litter into a plastic grocery bag and knotting it keeps it bundled tidily (and odorlessly) in the trash until I go down to the big bins. I line a small trash can with two more of the grocery bags, and after a few scooping sessions, those two can be tied up around the bundles and disposed of neatly and without odor.By Kelley
By Robin Place a few of the plastic bags in the bottom of your waste basket BEFORE you use one to line your waste basket. As you have one filled, there will be another one to use!
By Sandy
As a teacher, I take all of mine to school with me to use in a small wastebasket by my desk. Since times are tight, the janitors are very thrifty with the garbage bags. I am just glad to get rid of them. Ask area teachers, they might need them for other uses.By Tina
By Melody from White City, Oregon
By Mr. Thrifty
Our veggie scraps either go down the garbage disposal or in our compost heap.
By susabelle
In my area, Walmart has a bin just inside their front door for drop-off of these bags, which they then recycle.
By Becki in Logansport, IN
By sjackie2000
By Grandma Margie
I load newspapers in them to take to our local veterinarian, who uses the papers to line the animal cages.
By darween
Give old plastic grocery bags to your local animal clinic. Ours always appreciates having a bag to put medicines and food in that clients come in to get.
Bryan Do you sometimes accumulate too many plastic bags from the supermarket? Donate them to a place where children are being baby sat such as a daycare center. They are great to dispose soiled diapers in. By joesgirl You might check with your local library. Ours accepts plastic grocery bags for patrons who don't have a book bag with them. I've even used a few of them myself.
By jeangnome46
I save all of my grocery bags in a large plastic bag until I have it full. Then I take them to the local Mental Health Clinic, so that they can re-use them for the patients medications.By Pat437
By Sue L.
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By Evelyn
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By Melody from White City, Oregon
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By Debbie in SC
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By dameemag
http://www.myrecycledbags.com/ is an Eco-Friendly product website that is dedicated to recycling and crafting. Stop by and learn more about this wonderful crafting technique.
Sample using white grocery bags to create a cute shoulder bag below. (02/08/2007)
By Cindy
Additionally, I use boxes from brownie mix, cereal boxes etc. empty on the counter and fill with little slips of paper that can be recycled. A page from my daily calendar, empty sweet n low bags, the paper tab off of tea, the paper tab off the bulk bin label, anything that is paper, goes into the box. Once it's full, it goes into the recycling bin (then you don't have tons of little slips of paper flying everywhere). I recycle the plastic tabs off clothing that holds the price tags, the plastic tabs of breads and such etc. If you are conscious of what you recycle in one week, EVERYTHING YOU CAN RECYCLE, you'd be really amazed at how much you THREW away the week before! AS long as you are aware and active, you are making a difference. (02/09/2007)
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