Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle bulk building material bags?

By: Rolf

Rolf — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:08:53 +0000

I am willing to use them as raised beds and weed supressors at the same time removing the top soil of the allotment digging them half in and filling the ways in between with worever is left as weed supressor an covering with wood chipping or bark. That way you will have the support of the bag for the raised bed and a clean weed free allotment.

By: Ati Minchev

Ati Minchev — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:51:57 +0000

Flood control ( sand bags )

By: renee

renee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:23:51 +0000

weed mats!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:36:15 +0000

Ah Ha! Myself and my dad came up with a great idea for these. Instead of buying bags to collect garden waste, we simply fill one of these, haul it to the back of the car and lift. Its so easy when we get to the tip for the garden waste recycling skip, we simply back the car up, open the boot and push it in! Lifting it up together leaves a nice compacted cube of grass cuttings and a clean car boot! Plus, it can be used over and over again. We also use them for composting, they’re a lot more enviro-friendly than those plastic tubs people buy!

By: Ali Abbas

Ali Abbas — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:46:28 +0000

The brand Freitag make bags from lorry tarpauling, each bag is hence different. You could easily do the same with building sacks.
They could also be filled and used for insulation in walls, or stitched together and used as a canopy material.

Any ideas, post them on http://www.superuse.org an ace re-use community

By: Cadan ap Tomos

Cadan ap Tomos — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:48:57 +0000

Well, if the plastic is rotting, it’s obviously degradable plastic that they use for those bags, therefore, sutible for composting.

By: Katz

Katz — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:46:49 +0000

If you cut them up in strips – you can use it as a weed suppression thing in your garden or allotment.

By: Solomon Broad

Solomon Broad — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:15:30 +0000

Covers for garden furniture?

Make a lining for the boot of your car?

By: Malva

Malva — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:58:44 +0000

With a pretty heavy needle and a sewing machine, you could make purses, messenger bags or shopping bags.