Bag-it: What do you do?

Friday, March 2, 2012

What do you do?

Alright everyone. We have figured out, by reaching out to various people, that there are many different ways to re-use plastic grocery bags! Some people pick up their dog's poop with them, some people re-use them at the store, and one person even crocheted a rug from them! What do you do? Have any of you ever re-used them at the store? If so, tell us about your experiences in a comment below.

4 comments:

The Bog BloggersMarch 4, 2012 at 8:28 PM
I have found that if I actually wash the bags (which is something not many people do), I don't forget to bring them to the store. Washing them makes it more of a priority and I think about it more. By the way, we washed some single use bags (plastic grocery bags) and reusables in the washer (turned them inside-out first) with warm water and a gentler spin cycle, and then threw them in the dryer. Everything came out great - and super easy!
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BillMarch 5, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I travel a lot and wrap my shoes in a plastic bag when I pack my suitcase. I also sometimes use a plastic bag as a garbage bag in a small wastebasket.
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Kim Marie PruittMarch 19, 2012 at 9:52 PM
A few years ago I used yellow plastic bags(newspapers are delivered in these)to make a lion's mane which was part of a costume for "Aesop's Fable." I used a crochet hook to pull the bags through a rubber mesh fabric, similar method to hooking a rug. I made this costume specifically for one of the Bog Bloggers who is also on the Bag-it team! Can you guess which one played the lion?
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Josie BurckMarch 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM
I have sometimes used them for trick-or-treating in October,and sometimes I use them for laundry.
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Start your own project!

We had lots of comments from people wanting us to start a program at THEIR local stores. But we don't have enough time! So we want to encourage all of you to do it yourselves -- it's easy! Here are some things to consider:

1. Offer an incentive - financial would be a great idea, but it could be something else. This helps people "own" the idea.
2. Use public media and social media (newspaper, newsletters, email, etc.) to spread the word.
3. Identify someone at the store who has the time and the interest in making this a success. This is very important. Someone whose job it is to make sure the community is happy.
4. A community with built-in support. Clubs, community organizations want to help as we learned!
5. There is free online support for downloading signs and giving advice. www.plasticbagrecycling.org please visit and look around.

The Bag-It Contest!

We want to help people change their plastic grocery bag usage habits. So many people use those bags once and then throw them away. Some do reuse them for other things, but those bags can be used again and again, not just once or twice. SO, March 5 - March 11 there is a contest at the Harding's in Three Oaks, Michigan. Bring your PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS back to the store and reuse them. The cashiers will give you 3 cents back for each bag you reuse and a tally will placed on a tally sheet. If 30 people reuse during the week, $250 will be donated by FOTO to the Elementary School's Garden Project. So get out there to Harding's and reuse those bags -- and keep doing it even after the contest is over!