Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle plastic food wrapping/bags?

By: Olia

Olia — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:58:40 +0000

Store out of season socks in them, or gentle items, say penthouse, tides, silky bras which can get ruined by being shuffled in the drawer.

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:39:48 +0000

if it’s some of that shiny-on-the-inside packaging – for big bars of chocolate and some larger crisp/snack packets etc. you could make radiator reflective panels if you got enough and stuck it down on some sturdy cardboard…but I have just received a lovely big bar of belgian chocolate so I would love to hear more ideas =D

By: Daizzy

Daizzy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:25:43 +0000

We bulk buy a wholefood order in the UK from Suma. Everything (nuts, seeds, dried fruit etc. comes in individual massive, thick plastic bags.

Can you recycle them?

By: Gulia

Gulia — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:36:58 +0000

While carrying in a purse some peculiar hygiene items, it is better to hide them inside such package left from something else, like a snack. The design will camouflage them and zipper will keep them inside. That way no one will ever see those items accidentally, when you reach for your valet, or if your purse falls open and everything scatters.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:40:18 +0000

If there are no holes, they make good “mitts” for picking up pet poop on walks.

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:50:41 +0000

not sure if this is strictly recycling . . . but back when I used to live by myself, I dedicated a drawer to these sorts of packages. I always opened the packages carefully to make them still functional. Then, I used the packages as containers for garbage. I lived by myself for four months and didn’t buy a single garbage bag. I either used food wrapping or produce wrapping. It’s only one reuse, but I figure it was better than throwing plastic into a plastic garbage bag to throw in the trash.

By: carrie

carrie — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:18:42 +0000

my loving husband bought me a food saver – it’s GREAT for resealing potato chip/snack bags, so now i use his chip bags to package my own homemade snack chips or small portions of nuts that i buy in bulk. great for throwing into lunches. you could also cut them into strips, braid them, and make into bowls or braided rugs.

By: rani

rani — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:43:09 +0000

I’d suggest you reduce your consumption of these first (see previous), but in the meantime, or when you buy in bulk or from bins, you can also reseal small amounts of whatever you need in bags by heating the cut edge carefully with heat. The thicker one should also be sew-able.

By: wildflower

wildflower — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:41:35 +0000

Buy in bulk and reuse all existing bags!

By: Tamara

Tamara — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:54:18 +0000

i give up.

youtube.com
makemagazine.
crocheted plastic bags…

that’s how you get to a tutorial.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:53:20 +0000

ugh, i meant to put this on there…
if it will work? i’m not good at this stuff…

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By: Tamara

Tamara — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:50:36 +0000

i don’t know about weaving specifically, but you can make them into yarn.

By: Canadian

Canadian — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:54:27 +0000

Search out sources of these products that come in different packaging or can be bought in bulk.

Dried fruit and nuts can often be bought in bulk — bring your own container.

The white sugar that is sold here comes in paper bags (Redpath sugar in 1 kg or 2 kg bags — that’s what I use for jam) — perhaps look if there are any companies where you live that sell it like that.

By: Malva

Malva — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:47:25 +0000

I just wash and reuse all the small bags that come in our house. Over and over. I especially like the ones that are resealable. We almost never buy disposable Ziploc bags anymore.