For my plastic grocery bags that are going to become trash bags (or whatever else they are needed for), my mother gave me something similar to this <http://www.shophandmade.com/Item/6-758-H61C73J> and I LOVE it!
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Posted 9 months ago #
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sis: It's always a tad suspicious when a new member's first post places a shopping url on the site. But giving you the benefit of the doubt, and given your screen name, we should probably warn you away from the 'no spend' and 'no new clothes' threads. :)
Posted 9 months ago # -
susanisshopping (funny name for this forum ;)
I have a pattern to make on of those sleeves. The pattern can be found on Martha's sit and a few other places.
Posted 9 months ago # -
I just looked over this thread. I'll second whyawhelk's posts from a year ago. Folding the plastic shopping bags into triangles is the way to go! They look so much neater, and once you figure out how, the folding is quick.
A summer houseguest, a lady from Japan, showed me how to fold the bags. It's what you do if you're a good housekeeper in Japan!
Posted 9 months ago # -
I like the folded bags too but I keep mine in an empty tissue box. A lot of bags fit and it only takes up a little space under the counter and they come out one at a time :)
I keep my garbage bags in the bottom of the trash can too.
Posted 9 months ago # -
We don't have a ''bag center''. Each kind of bag is stored in the place where it make the most sense.
-Grocery plastic bags are in a hand-made fabric holder behind the bathroom door, next to the cat's litter box, as we mainly use them as trash bag.
-Bigger and sturdier bags are in the corner cabinet of the kitchen. They are folded and stored vertically inside a cardboard box.
-Ziploc bags are stored in their original box in one of the bottom drawer of the kitchen, along with parchment paper, trash bags, etc...
-Gift bags are stored inside a bigger gift bag in the living room closet, next to the box of wrapping paper.Posted 9 months ago # -
We keep large and small plastic bags under the sink, along with the plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Grocery bags go in a cookie jar to be reused as lunch bags or litter bags. Grocery bags that don't fit in the jar go to school to be recycled.
I prefer reusing/recycling plastic bags to bringing my own grocery bags to the store. Did you know it might take as many as 300 trips before the cost involved in manufacturing a sturdy nylon bag is less harmful to the environment than making the same number of disposable plastic bags?
Posted 9 months ago # -
parsifal, you could use reusable bags made from cotton or jute ;)
Posted 9 months ago # -
We dont have plastic bags in the house. I never really understood why one would want to store them except to bring them back to the grocery store to recycle, but I never really understood having them in the first place.
We have a couple of reusable bags in a kitchen drawer and some cottom bags with drawstrings for bulk items like flour and beans.
Posted 8 months ago # -
I keep one of those cloth sock things for bags in the utility room. I use them for 2 small trash cans in our home, and I keep some in both vehicles for quick cleanups/trash. I also keep a couple in the diaper bag to contain messes or wet clothes while traveling. If the above places are stocked and the sock is full, I recycle them. I am getting better about using cloth shopping bags for my grocery trips. I bought an insulated one for frozen stuff too. I unload them, then immediately put them back in my jeep or I'll forget them next time.
Paper bags, bread bags and such I don't keep. I used to - but found that the bread crumbs left in those bags attracted bugs and mice and I didn't use them anyway.
Ziploc bags I keep three sizes - sandwich, quart, and gallon. They have a home in a drawer now with aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and wax paper. This area is in the lunch/breakfast area of the kitchen where I keep lunchboxes and containers, coffee pot, bread box, etc. I tried to organize it to save steps in the morning.
Any gift bags that are in good shape I fold and keep in a clear plastic container labeled "wrapping supplies" that holds tape, tissue paper, bows, and bags. I don't entirely like this solution, and have a separate wrapping paper container. All together this stuff takes up way more space than the amount of time I spend wrapping stuff each year.
Anyway, those are my bag uses and storage.
Posted 8 months ago # -
i can't really help here. I don't take plastic bags from the stores..(4 years running now - not even for produce) the only plastic bags i use are trash bags because my garbage goes into a dumpster. if i save any BAGS at all, it would be the very few brown bags i bring in the house, and usually i only keep 1 or 2 at a time.
On the other hand, i do have a collection of canvas bags etc...that i use for hauling stuff. they are usually on doorknobs and hooks..this one goes to the library, this one has outgoing mail, this one contains trail committee stuff, this one contains outgoing donations etc...
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