An Abundance of Plastic Bags!
Every time you go to a store you receive plastic bags. Every
time you buy bread you end up with a plastic bag. Over the run
of a year it is amazing how many plastic bags you can end up
with! Below are some suggestions for recycling and reusing these
bags:
- Another way to use up those plastic grocery bags is to use
them as paint-tray liners when you're redecorating indoors. No
need to buy the expensive liners---this way you just use & toss
it out when you're done painting. Gone are the days of messy
cleanups!
- If we are going to the store for only a few items, we take
along a cloth or canvas bag, thereby reducing the need for
plastic grocery bags.
- Many grocery stores in our area have bins for you to put your
bags in so they can be recycled. We take our bags and put them
in the recycle bin.
- For small garbage tins, rather than buying garbage bags we use
the plastic grocery bags to line our smaller garbage tins.
- We have made our dog, Sheema, a pillow to lay on, we used the
plastic grocery bags to stuff the pillow, makes a great cushion
for her!
- We make our own bread and rolls, so we save the store bought
bread bags and use them to put our bread and rolls in...much
cheaper than buying bags!
- We always keep plastic grocery bags in our trunk. They are
handy for wet clothes when we go to the ocean and also are great
to have if Sheema (our dog) decides to use someone else's
property to do her thing, make a great glove for picking up you
know what!
- When we travel, we always have plastic grocery bags with us to
put our dirty clothes in.
- When mailing gifts, we use the plastic grocery bags as
stuffing around the gift, helps prevent damage to the gift.
- Over the past year we did a lot of renovations to our home.
When painting, we would wrap our paint brush in a plastic
grocery bag. The next day when we were ready to continue
painting, the brush would be soft and ready to use.
- The library is always looking for plastic bags. We always take
some with us to carry our books. What we don't use we leave
there for others to use.
Help the environment by recycling and reusing your plastic bags.