Sometimes I forget to bring my reusable grocery bags to the store which leaves me with left over plastic bags. And although we use cloth handkerchiefs, I do keep tissue for our guests, which leaves me with leftover tissue boxes. So I combine two leftover items and create a new use for them:
I realize that this is a bit anticlimactic; I apologize for the let down. I stuff used plastic bags in an empty tissue box. I keep one box in the kitchen, ready for me to grab a bag and fill with snacks before going to the park. I also keep a box in each vehicle where I use the bags to carry home wet clothing, dirty shoes, sandy toys, and trash from our outings.
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Abundant Living says
LOVE the idea! I am so going to use that one! =)
Porch Days says
You're full of good ideas. Thanks!
Alea says
Thanks for all of the other ideas for reusing bags!
Please, keep them coming. I love learning new ways to use items that would otherwise go to waste.
April says
I stuff the plastic bags in a diaper wipe container…I keep one by the litterbox and then one in the bedroom for stinky diapers.
Liz @ Frugally Blonde says
I do the same thing! I keep a box in the bathroom closet for trashcan refills, since I use plastic grocery bags to line the bathroom trashcans.
Keeping a box in the car is an ingenious idea. With two little ones, there always seems to be trash in the car, and I never have a bag when I want to clean it out!
UnfinishedMom says
That's a cool idea. I especially like the idea of keeping them in your car.
TammyLee says
Great idea!
I have a tissue box that has monkeys on roller skates. I am saving it to do a scrapbook page for my nephew, we went to the skating rink for his birthday. lol
I made a recycling project out of plastic bags for use with plastic bags. See my blog!
Annette Witherspoon says
I have the same roller skating monkey. I saved it and am making a card with it. It’s soooo cute!!