Comments on: 17 Ways to Purge Those Plastic Bags http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/ Family Life On The Green Side Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:07:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Jennifer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:11:14 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/#comment-1606 Well Julie you are pretty special :) It's a good idea too. It fits with Rebecca's comment too - because it's unlikely to get so dirty that you can't still recycle it. So it's a double useful option. Well Julie you are pretty special :) It’s a good idea too. It fits with Rebecca’s comment too – because it’s unlikely to get so dirty that you can’t still recycle it. So it’s a double useful option.

]]> By: Julie F http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-1625 Julie F Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:32:43 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/#comment-1625 I just saw this, I read the post to my husband and felt pretty special that you put my idea in. :-) Yesterday I made 3 of these, it was really breezy and the kids had a blast! I just saw this, I read the post to my husband and felt pretty special that you put my idea in. :-)

Yesterday I made 3 of these, it was really breezy and the kids had a blast!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Jennifer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:21:22 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/#comment-1945 PS Rebecca, we're also doing a post on reusable produce bags later - I got some (finally) and I love them. If they get muddy you just wash them. PS Rebecca, we’re also doing a post on reusable produce bags later – I got some (finally) and I love them. If they get muddy you just wash them.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Jennifer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:19:20 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/#comment-2073 Rebecca, in Portland you can recycle plastic bags, but in some other places you can't; or more to the point the area could, but the area won't set up bag recycling. In one town I lived in I saw just one store that accepted plastic bags and they were sending them somewhere else (another town). I wish all places had good recycling programs but seriously, living in places like Portland and Humboldt spoil you - when you leave you notice that not many places are so into recycling. I figure it's better to reuse to death if you can't recycle. Later on we'll be doing a bag recycling post though. Rebecca, in Portland you can recycle plastic bags, but in some other places you can’t; or more to the point the area could, but the area won’t set up bag recycling. In one town I lived in I saw just one store that accepted plastic bags and they were sending them somewhere else (another town).

I wish all places had good recycling programs but seriously, living in places like Portland and Humboldt spoil you – when you leave you notice that not many places are so into recycling. I figure it’s better to reuse to death if you can’t recycle. Later on we’ll be doing a bag recycling post though.

]]> By: Peggy http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 Peggy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:57:06 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/#comment-2121 Rebecca, the Skooperbox, which we're giving away here, is biodegradable and for dog poo. http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/recycled-skooperbox-for-nicer-doggie-walks-win-yours/ Rebecca, the Skooperbox, which we’re giving away here, is biodegradable and for dog poo.

http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/recycled-skooperbox-for-nicer-doggie-walks-win-yours/

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Rebecca Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:14:24 +0000 http://www.treehuggingfamily.com/17-ways-to-purge-those-plastic-bags/#comment-1951 I think there should be a special biodegradable bag for dog-doo, which should go in some sort of special community composter. Instead of incasing something that's perfectly biodegradalbe in plastic, where it will rot in a landfill, we could be making fertilizer! (I don't even have a dog, but I have thought about this topic!) So, if the plastic bag I got at the store is still clean, I put it in my canvas shopping bag so I can use it again. If it is dirty (spinach, for example, will make a bag wet and muddy), I use that bag to line my compost can so I can get one more use out of it before tossing it. I am really trying to cut down on the ones I take in the first place, though. If a plastic bag is clean, isn't it better to recycle it than to dirty it and then have to throw it away? Some of the tips above would render the bags unrecyclable. I think there should be a special biodegradable bag for dog-doo, which should go in some sort of special community composter. Instead of incasing something that’s perfectly biodegradalbe in plastic, where it will rot in a landfill, we could be making fertilizer! (I don’t even have a dog, but I have thought about this topic!)

So, if the plastic bag I got at the store is still clean, I put it in my canvas shopping bag so I can use it again. If it is dirty (spinach, for example, will make a bag wet and muddy), I use that bag to line my compost can so I can get one more use out of it before tossing it. I am really trying to cut down on the ones I take in the first place, though.

If a plastic bag is clean, isn’t it better to recycle it than to dirty it and then have to throw it away? Some of the tips above would render the bags unrecyclable.

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