Oh, those handy-dandy plastic baggies! They may not be the greenest way to take your lunch to work or school, but if you know how to STREEEETCH their lives, you can detect a shade of green on them.
First, yes, I will rinse out a plastic baggie, and turn it inside out to dry in my sink's dish drainer. There. I said it. I started doing this regularly when my daughter started drinking cows milk. When we're on the go, and bring a sippy cup along, I quickly learned that the milk would leak in the sippy cup (that's a whole other can of worms I wish not to go in to right now). So, I would stick her cup in a plastic baggie, and then stick it in the insulated lunch bag with the ice block. (Yes, I use the insulated lunch bag we got for free at the hospital when she was born.) It seemed so silly to toss the bag straight in to the recycling bin, and you can't reuse as is with milk in it (ACK!); thus, I began rinsing and reusing.
I have a designated drawer for plastic baggies. Boxes with new baggies are in the same drawer. (There are times when a new bag is simply called for!) I always keep the reused bags separated from the new, just to be safe.
For all the (zillion) times I have used a plastic baggie lately, I have scarcely had to go out and BUY them. I think I've stretched a box for over a year, easily.
This is just one way I re-use my plastic baggies. What are some ways that YOU stretch your dollar with them?
First, yes, I will rinse out a plastic baggie, and turn it inside out to dry in my sink's dish drainer. There. I said it. I started doing this regularly when my daughter started drinking cows milk. When we're on the go, and bring a sippy cup along, I quickly learned that the milk would leak in the sippy cup (that's a whole other can of worms I wish not to go in to right now). So, I would stick her cup in a plastic baggie, and then stick it in the insulated lunch bag with the ice block. (Yes, I use the insulated lunch bag we got for free at the hospital when she was born.) It seemed so silly to toss the bag straight in to the recycling bin, and you can't reuse as is with milk in it (ACK!); thus, I began rinsing and reusing.
I have a designated drawer for plastic baggies. Boxes with new baggies are in the same drawer. (There are times when a new bag is simply called for!) I always keep the reused bags separated from the new, just to be safe.
For all the (zillion) times I have used a plastic baggie lately, I have scarcely had to go out and BUY them. I think I've stretched a box for over a year, easily.
This is just one way I re-use my plastic baggies. What are some ways that YOU stretch your dollar with them?
I have a lingerie hanger (umbrella shaped with lots of little clips) that I hang my baggies on. Rinse them out and just clip them on to dry over my sink. Don't even have to turn them inside out.
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