Recycling Ideas for Your Old Shopping Bags
Just like cardboard boxes, the good thing with shopping bags is that they do not tarnish at once. After you came from the grocery or from the department store, you head home and wonder what to do next with the bags you used to bring home your goods. Of course, you want them stored for the next shopping spree but being creative enough leads you to many more recycling ideas that could help you benefit from the bags more.
If you are already tired of folding and storing them in another bag, here are some of your other options:
· Your bags that are made out of plastic materials can be used as bin liners. They can be placed inside trash cans and contain your rubbish until they are full. You can place as many as you want inside your house or office.
· Perishable foods can be placed inside the plastic bags to be stored inside the refrigerators. This is highly recommended during the summer when things easily rot. Refrigerating can prolong the shelf life of your food and can prevent your trash cans from easily piling up with garbage.
· Shopping Bags can be readily stored in cars for maintenance. If you have a stored plastic inside, you can easily find a place to dump your rubbish while travelling. This way, you refrain from throwing your candy wrappers outside the windows.
· Clean your animal litter boxes by placing your hand inside the plastic before scooping the poop. You can also line the litter with them to easily remove the litter or prevent them from falling out.
· Pack things with them. Use the bags to cradle objects that are meant to be stored, shipped or be given away as gifts. it takes some innovations on the design so better research online for wrapping ideas that could transform them into great and inexpensive wrappers.
· Use the bags for art works and projects. Some schools encourage their students to create Christmas decorations and other designs out of them.
There are a lot more you can do with your Shopping Bags without spending a lot of money and harming the environment.
