Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … plastic magazine baggies?

By: Estelle

Estelle — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:21:19 +0000

I subscribe to the Guardian Weekly, which comes in a clear bag. I use the clear bags to cover books that I carry with me and read often, particularly those which are a bit tatty and will be damaged in my handbag. The plastic bag, sliced open on on side, is the perfect size for covering a book of about A5 size. It is also useful for covering travel books, which tend to get heavily used and the covers get battered. I also like to recover old, second-hand books.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:04:06 +0000

boil,and put in a mould to make those crazy things you can think of, like an animal shaped mould,trophy etc. mix colours using the readily available dyes and voir la!

By: VP

VP — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:26:36 +0000

If your local supermarket has a plastic bag recycle point, you can put them in there

By: Elouise

Elouise — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:40:29 +0000

I use clear magazine bags to protect recipes when I am cooking in the kitchen. I put them in front of the recipes/cookbooks. You can read through them, as they are transparent, but if you splash any ingredients, your recipe book will not be dirtied.

By: Adge

Adge — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:29:35 +0000

Rightly or wrongly I take them along with old carrier bags to Tesco for recycling!

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:17:35 +0000

How about sending them to this company who can recycle them?

http://www.polyprint.co.uk/recycling.html

By: rockpoolcandy

rockpoolcandy — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:11:08 +0000

It’s not just rugs you can make with plastic bags, you can make ‘plastic fabric’. If you strip up these smaller bags, they are perfect for weaving through fruit nets. The variations of colour and pattern are endless. Then you just need to get creative with the ‘fabric’. I made an urchin for my reef, highlighting the great Pacific Garbage Patch.

http://www.rockpoolcandy.typepad.com/photos/plastic_reef/img_2676.html

you can also crochet the strips into mad shapes – an excellent AND FREE project to get kids thinking about creative re-use.

http://www.rockpoolcandy.typepad.com/photos/plastic_reef/img_2667.html

Have fun!

By: Crafty Green Poet

Crafty Green Poet — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:11:08 +0000

If they’re patterned I use them for storage. If they’re clear, as in the wrapping that some magazines come in on the newspaper stands these days, I use them mostly to protect books from the weather when I’m leaving them outdoors for Bookcrossing (www.bookcrossing.com).

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:28:55 +0000

I use the larger clear sections as wrapping for my hand made greetings cards

By: Karlie

Karlie — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:06:04 +0000

Duh… the URL
http://www.netw.com/~rafter4/FAQrugs.htm

By: Karlie

Karlie — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:32:25 +0000

You can use the plastic like you would to make a rag rug. Just cut the strips and crochet, weave, knit, braid etc. This page has a Q&A on “bread bag” rugs about 1/3 of the way down.