Heavy-Duty Totes from Recycled Plastic Bags
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Are folks in your area using the bags when they get groceries etc.? I have 6-7 bags ready but I have yet to see anyone else using them. Can they pack your groceries as fast or as well with your bags?
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Originally Posted by Zephyr
Are folks in your area using the bags when they get groceries etc.? I have 6-7 bags ready but I have yet to see anyone else using them. Can they pack your groceries as fast or as well with your bags?
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Walmart and some other stores are selling canvas bags for groceries etc for $1, $2 and up. Supposedly they say that if everyone brought their own bags, then they wouldn't have to use so many cheap plastic ones and there would be less in the landfills.
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Originally Posted by Zephyr
Walmart and some other stores are selling canvas bags for groceries etc for $1, $2 and up. Supposedly they say that if everyone brought their own bags, then they wouldn't have to use so many cheap plastic ones and there would be less in the landfills.
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Originally Posted by Zephyr
Walmart and some other stores are selling canvas bags for groceries etc for $1, $2 and up. Supposedly they say that if everyone brought their own bags, then they wouldn't have to use so many cheap plastic ones and there would be less in the landfills.
I do like this bag here though as it gives me the chance to use up some of the plastic ones I do have laying around ….. I just have to pick up some parchment paper to give it a try.
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Rachel
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before i posted i tried it on a few layers of bags i didn't like. they had a smell, but they didn't produce any smoke or fumes that i was aware of. i don't think the iron gets hot enough to really melt the plastic into a liquid form.
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i would still do two or three with the windows open and the fans going. maybe on the open back porch. but, you're right, for a person with emphysema or another breathing problem, it's probably not a great idea.
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