Five Uses for Plastic Grocery Bags
Looking for new ways to recycle the mountain of plastic grocery bags you've accumulated? Try these five novel ideas that work so well, you'll be asking the neighbors for their extra grocery bags!
Germ Free Cutting Board Cover
Need to cut up raw meat? Make your cutting board easy to clean and prevent cross contamination by covering the cutting board with a plastic grocery bag. Turn the bag inside out and place the cutting board inside the bag before cutting meat. When done, remove the bag and toss the mess. Wash the cutting board as usual. If the cuttoing board is too large to fit inside the bag, slit the bag open on one side and wrap the bag around the board.
Keep Purses in Shape
When changing purses and storing empty ones, keep those empty ones in shape with plastic grocery bags. Stuff a few bags inside the empty purse before storing, the bags will help the purse stay in shape and looking new. Tuck a new fabric softener sheet inside the purse to keep it smelling fresh while it's stored.
Line a Cracked Vase
Has your favorite flower vase developed a crack and can no longer be used to display fresh flowers? A plastic grocery bag can make that vase usable once again. Choose a bag without holes in the bottom, place it inside the vase as a liner (roll and tuck top of bag inside vase as needed) place water inside of plastic bag, then fill vase with a fresh flower display.
Pack a Box for Mailing
Plastic grocery bags make excellent packing material when mailing boxed items. Place item(s) to be mailed inside of box, then stuff the rest of the box with crumpled plastic bags. The grocery bags are practically weightless (costing less in shipping charges than newspaper cushioning) and provide enough cushioning to protect fragile items during shipping.
Protect Knees and Shoes when Gardening
Tie a plastic bag around each knee when gardening to keep the dirt off of pants when kneeling in the garden. If the garden soil is moist, the bags will protect the ,moisture from seeping into pants fabric.
Slip a plastic bag over each shoe before walking onto moist garden soil to prevent shoes from getting wet and muddy. Slip an extra bag into your pocket before heading to the garden to place ripe vegetables in or garden debris.
Published by Georgia Lund
Georgia Lund is part of the ever increasing group known as the Sandwich Generation, being caregiver to an aging parent and young grandchild. Georgia enjoys gardening, has over 30 years of gardening experienc... View profile
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Post a CommentExcellent job on this one, Georgia!
we re-use them for doggy poop scoops! LOL cheers :)