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I try to not use plastic food storage bags as much as I can,and when I do I will wash them out and reuse. I mostly use glass storage conatiners with plastic lids which do not stain as plastic. Also I use quart size wide mouth canning jars that are freezer safe. You can purchase plastic reuseable lids for the jars.

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What about using plastics for freezing?

If these plastics are all labelled with the recycle triangle,but take 1000 years to degrade, just how are they recycled? For example when you take #2 bags back to the super market to the return bin, what happens to them? And where do you send anything but #1 and #2 to be recycled? It's very hard to find places that will accept them, certainly not curbside town recycling in CT.

I've always re-used plastic grocery bags as thrash bags for the bathroom. Anybody else do that?
I would feel really guilty if I were to simply throw them away.
That's why now I do half and half. Half tote bags and half plastic bags when I grocery shop.

When I go to the farmer's market I bring my own bags to put the veggies in, but I use the small plastic bags provided to bag the individual items. Even though I recycle these bags after I have reused them several times I can't help but think that there must be a better way. Then, DUH, it dawned on me, BioBags! They are made from plant material and biodegradable. I currently used them in the bathroom wastebaskets. Now, I will just use them for the veggies first, and then when I have used them several times I will recycle them to line the wastebaskets. Why didn't I think of this sooner?

True, the BioBags must be purchased, but its worth it to keep all of that plastic out of the landfills, the oceans and mountain streams, etc. These bags range in price from $3 and change to $5 and change, depending on where they are purchased. So, as Kelly Bundy would say, "veeola!" Dilemma solved BioBags to the rescue..

Wenvirly - check with your town about recycling. I'm in CT, and just found out that our town is now accepting all plastics #1-7 for recycling (used to be only 1 & 2). We switched to single stream recycling, and I think other towns have as well.

Marion

I believe the majority of recycled plastic grocery bags go into composite construction materials, like Trex-brand decking and similar products.

Thanks for this guide. It is so helpful and I see I have been doing it all wrong. I have been reusing (a lot) plastic water bottles and plastic food containers....and I mean A LOT!

I appreciate this guide very much so...thanks again!

I happen to work for a distributor that sells plastic bags among other items and the bags that you recycle at the stores get re ground to make new plastic bags. So make sure you take your bags back to the store. I personally reuse them-they make great kitty litter bags. I make sure I fill it up though so I am only using one per week.

I would like to know whether the Food Saver bags are safe. I never use them in the microware, but I do wash them and reuse them.

Please tell me how to recycle video cassettes which have been used for recording. I have many from when I taught, but the subjects are varied and the library bool sale won't accept them.