Plastic Grocery Bag Reuse
Every time you reuse a plastic bag you double the environmental savings: you save the bag you reused from going to a landfill, and you save a new one from needing to be used.
Here are some common reuses for plastic bags
Around the House
Use the plastic grocery sacks as wastebasket liners in bedroom, office and bath.
A dozen bags rolled up tight fit into a small Ziploc bag, freeing up lots of space in kitchen drawers.
Protect water and gas valves in the wintertime.
Take grocery and retail sacks back to the store for reuse while shopping.
Plastic bags keep dust away when storing off-season shoes.
Take them to the food bank where they can be used to give needy people their food.
Sort all of my craft supplies in plastic grocery sacks.
Use plastic sacks to cushion breakable items when moving them in boxes.
Store outgrown clothing to pass down to the next child in plastic bags or use them to take the clothing they grow out of to Goodwill.
For the Holidays
Make Christmas wreaths with them.
Hide presents from the kids.
Protect gifts from rain and snow during holiday trips and visits.
Plastic sacks make great packing materials when sending fragile gifts.
To keep needles from your Christmas tree off the carpet, take the tree apart with pruning clippers and put the pieces into a plastic bag. Put a sandwich bag on your hands when handling the tree trunk to keep off pine tar.
In the Workshop or Garage
It's the best way to store a paintbrush full of oil-base paint at the end of the day to use it again the next day without having to use a solvent to store it overnight. Just wrap the brush in the bag and put it in the refrigerator until the next morning.
Slip them under the car to catch those last few drops of oil after an oil change.
Keep leftover paint fresh by pouring it into a heavyweight, sealable plastic bag. Squeeze out the air and seal the bag. Put the bag in the original paint can and tap the lid closed.
When clamping irregular shapes, hold them together with a sand-filled plastic bag.
Out and About
Keep clothes dry on canoeing trips.
Line your backpack or bicycle pack with them.
When packing for travel, use plastic bags to put shoes in.
Give them to thrift stores or garage sales for their reuse.
Use as a litterbag.
Containers for plants to be transplanted.
Turn the big ones into ponchos.
For Students
Use as trash bags in dorm rooms
Use plastic grocery bags to store your aluminum cans for recycling. They are handy because they can be hung on the door handles.
Put a plastic bag on a stadium seat at a band competition when it is raining.
For Kids
Use them to make a kite or another type of craft.
They make a great suitcase when you are spending the night with a friend
Use them to hold items that you’re in the process of collecting.
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