Those pesky plastic shopping bags
Plastic shopping bags. Ah, a mixed blessing. Their handles make them much easier to carry than paper bags, you don’t have to worry about moist products (such as produce or meat) getting them wet, they’re great for scaring off annoying critters, but… well, they’re made of plastic. Not the nicest material on the planet.
Even so, there’s no sense in letting them go to waste if you really can’t avoid bringing them home. Around here we try to put them to good use. They make great trash bags for your small trash cans. We have a black bag designed to hang from the back of seats in cars; instead of buying the miniature trash bags we were undoubted intended to buy, we just stuff a plastic grocery sack into it.
Plastic grocery sacks can also be used as packing material. I wrap delicate Christmas decorations in them when putting them away for the year. You can also use them to protect your hands when you have to pick up really icky stuff.
More… creative people have other solutions. Some crochet them or make them into raincoats.
Most people probably don’t want to go on a crochet rampage with their plastic bags, so here are 22 Creative Ways to Use Plastic Grocery Bags that are a little more practical for the rest of us. Hm… now that I read this list, it reminds me of some of the other things I’ve used them for over the years. Also check out 10 Smart Uses for Old Plastic Bags.
Tags: Eco, Environment, recycling