California passes plastic bag ban.....

[Sam_2.0]

Aug 30, 2014 21:15:19 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

Or you can find someone who crochets, and get them to make all your plastic grocery bags into a sturdy re-usable tote.

I know that a lot of seniors clubs & residences take plastic bag donations, and the members or residents recycle those bags into re-useable totes that they sell dirt-cheap - or make your own if you crochet or know someone who does:

Instructions here - if you want to use or pass on to someone who crochets

I've made several of these. It takes over 100 bags to make enough plarn for one reusable bag. But it's hard to work with and makes my hands really hurt so I can only do a bit at a time. I've seen projects where they make sleeping mats for homeless persons out of the plarn. That typically takes about 1,000 bags or so. When making the projects I keep a bag that is too holey to use for plarn and stuff it with all the scraps, then return those to the recycle bin.

I do prefer paper bags and even pay $.06/ea for them at Aldi. I use them to line our recycle bin. I do try to avoid buying as much plastic when I can though because even though it can be recycled, it is often cost-prohibitive to do so. I wonder how much of what we put in the recycling just becomes trash & never gets reused?