Ikea & plastic bags

Hi Grandpa Bob..hmmmmmm I wonder if Ikea is anything like Aldi's is down here. They have always charged for their bags, paper or plastic. If they are ripped, I put them in with my recycables, if not, I use some and stash the rest in a huge bag to take to the food pantry I go to. I also find the bigger grocery bags are great for when I walk the roadways for cans. When one is filled, I tie the handles and just drop it on the ground to retrieve when I'm done walking.

i'd never though of giving them to the shelter-that's a good idea. a friend of mine makes newport rugs from them. a little no-slip on the back,and good garage mats. i actually donate egg cartons to the kindergarten up the street.the kids make little mice from them-they're cute :)

Thank you for the tips Grandpa, we all could find use for these. I personally recycle the plastic bags as you mentioned, as garbage liners, to pack stuff. I get lots of plastic bags due to all the grocery shopping and regular shopping too. There was a time when I had to just trash a lot of them because there was no space to keep them..hehe

I used to take a huge pile of our plastic bags to a supermarket that had a bin specifically to recycle them., Now I can't get to that particular store. Our local council gave us all 3 bins, & two of them are for recycling. But neither is allowed to include plastic bags, which is a bit dumb. The supermarkets are fazing out plastc bags, & I believe eventually they will be banned here.

Hey, Grandpa Bob, all hole free plastic bags get a second life in my house. We use between 30 and 40 of them a week..when we walk the dogs. I have 2 labs and they are champions in the poop department. I will not leave dog poop from my dogs on the street or lawns of neighbors. So my recycled bags also have health issues. I can't believe that people actually buy poop bags. That is pure silliness.

We actually never throw away the plastics that we get from department stores. Unlike your country where I see mostly paper bags being used, we all use plastic bags here and get to do all those things that you enumerated.

I reuse my plastic bags sometimes too. They are good to put toiletries in when I am packing the suitcase for a trip. That way if something leaks it won't get in the suitcase lining. I have used them to line small trash cans too.

Oo is it? Here we dunno. Still using the plastic bags. But, we prefer to bring our own bags. :)

this is cool ideas! thanks for sharing! I always end up using them as separate bag for my cat's litter. but sometimes it gets too much and we have to take them to grocery store instead of getting new ones from them

My parents can actually recycle bags with all the other recylables so every timeI see them I give them a bunch. My mother in law uses them for garbage so I give to her also from time to time as she runs low. I never throw them out unless they have holes! I also reuse them when I get my groceries. This is how I deal with the multiplying plastic bag situation! :)

if you take a canvas or jute bag shopping, then you won't even need to worry about what to do with the plastic bags. although they are handy for picking up dog poos.

Yup, that's what I do too. I make sure I store all these plastic bags in a dry place. Then I use them to line my bins to collect the garbage. :)

Recycle Plastic bag is very common in our country. We used to store them up in a bigger bag to use as the rubbish bag. The concious about recycling in my country is quite good. We recycle plastic bags, then we ave routine van to collect newspaper and aluminium can. We can some money selling them.

In Sweden we have always had to pay for the plastic bags. I really think its about time others have to pay for them too :-)

When I went to Europe it was like that, I found it so odd at first but it's a really great idea. I believe they gave you these real cheap ones for free, but you had to pay for the ones that actually can hold more items without breaking. It was definitely different.. kinda funny too, there was a lot of people putting all their shopping in birthday/anniversary gift bags! Lol. I think they have the best ideas overseas, one also has to pay a coin to use the shopping cart, and then after shopping, you return the cart to this specific place and get your coin back - that way carts aren't all in a mess all over the parking lots. We should do those here!

I have another use for them. Cut them in very thin stripes. Take one of the nets they sell veggies in and a crochet hook. Pull the baggie strips through the holes of the net. Put it on your scalp in carnival. You , too, grandpa Bob can look like Jimi Hendrix!

I had not heard that IKEA was doing this until I went into IKEA last weekend. I think it's great that at least some stores in America are starting to realize that plastic bags aren't good for the environment. I've been looking for bags that I can buy to take along to the grocery store or when I'm shopping so I don't have to take the plastic bags the stores offer. IKEA was the only place where I could find bags under $10! I bought a few of them in different sizes. I only wish the rest of the stores in America would catch up with this! I lived in Amsterdam about 6 years ago and you have to bring your own bags to the grocery stoers or they charge you for them. That was great! Why can't they do that in other places here? I was visiting Portland last month and I went a store and bought a shirt. I didn't take a bag so they give you this little coupon thing. They had 3 different charites that they were partnered with and with the money I didn't use on the bag, I got to donate it to charity! That would be great if more people did that.