Do you recycle the reusable grocery bags?
03-12-2016, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by maviskw
Save your $2 and make a bag out of denim or other heavy duty fabric. They wash up and are reusable for a long time. I have one that I've been using for 25 years. It goes in the wash machine several times a month. I had two, but the other one disappeared somewhere? ? ?
03-12-2016, 04:23 PM
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I was just thinking of all the different duct tape you can buy now to patch up those bags.
Originally Posted by sew_southern
I buy the cheap plastic/vinyl reusable grocery bags for my groceries, they cost about $2 at most places. I pick out the ones I think are pretty, but hate it when they start to tear. Does anyone recycle the good parts of the bags into something else? They're pretty and I hate to throw the entire bag away because of a torn area.
03-12-2016, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nanacc
You are all so well organized! I have lots of the bags...even some very nice thermal ones...and forget to take them when i go to town(we're 25 miles from town), and its too far to go back!
03-12-2016, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Geri B
I make bags out of the large dog food, cat food, horse feed bags. Cut strips from top for handles, add on.....somewhere on web there's a how to. They last long because those feed bags are reinforced plastic.......
03-12-2016, 10:38 PM
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Great ideas! I usually buy them at Cracker Barrel Restaurants because they have large, pretty ones to choose from and you can get 1 for $2 or 3 for $5. I've made my own in the past, but the plastic ones stand up better while putting groceries in them.
I keep mine folded neatly in a basket in the trunk of my car. After I'm finished putting groceries away, I put the folded empty bags on a table by the front door so I remember to take them back to the car when I go. Some of our grocery stores credit your bill $.05 per bag you bring, sometimes I use 6 or more.
I keep mine folded neatly in a basket in the trunk of my car. After I'm finished putting groceries away, I put the folded empty bags on a table by the front door so I remember to take them back to the car when I go. Some of our grocery stores credit your bill $.05 per bag you bring, sometimes I use 6 or more.
03-13-2016, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by nanacc
You are all so well organized! I have lots of the bags...even some very nice thermal ones...and forget to take them when i go to town(we're 25 miles from town), and its too far to go back!
So, when I get to the store, I get out of the car and walk to the door. Then I remember the bag in the car and have to go back. I walk back to the store and then I remember that our store has free coffee, so it's back to the car for my cup. (I use my own cup because theirs do not have covers and I'm always spilling coffee around the store if it's not covered.) That's how I get my exercise!
03-13-2016, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by maviskw
Canoe Pam and sew-southern have said it all. Keep them in the car. When I empty mine in the house, they hang on the door knob. The next person to go out, to anywhere, takes them out to the car.
So, when I get to the store, I get out of the car and walk to the door. Then I remember the bag in the car and have to go back. I walk back to the store and then I remember that our store has free coffee, so it's back to the car for my cup. (I use my own cup because theirs do not have covers and I'm always spilling coffee around the store if it's not covered.) That's how I get my exercise!
So, when I get to the store, I get out of the car and walk to the door. Then I remember the bag in the car and have to go back. I walk back to the store and then I remember that our store has free coffee, so it's back to the car for my cup. (I use my own cup because theirs do not have covers and I'm always spilling coffee around the store if it's not covered.) That's how I get my exercise!
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