I don't know if I'm alone in this practice but I wash and re-use vacuum storage bags, trim off the welded

[Shellback Squid]

seam, turn them inside out and wash them thoroughly, I don't like plastic waste but I'm single and a bit cheap

[likesmountains 52]

1. Me too. There is usually an awful lot of bag left.

[MiKenMi33]

2. I do the same thing.

I also reuse ziplock bags if they’re not too dirty.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

3. I turn them inside out and put them in the dishwasher

Ziplocks, too.

[dhol82]

5. Great idea!

Never thought of putting them In the dish washer. Don’t they fly around during the wash?

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

7. I put a small bulldog clip to one of the posts.

Works fine. I air-dry them.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Don't say you're cheap. Say simply that you're just still using them, they're still good. Just because they're used

once, doesn't mean throw them away. You're just thrifty. Nothing at all wrong w/ this, and you're helping our environment, by not disposing of anymore 'trash' until you're absolutely ready too. I wash my baggies out all of the time, reuse them. Now if the baggie is really yucky, and contained a meat (I don't really reuse those baggies I use to store meats in), I don't reuse, unless it's for a non-food item to store something else in the house other than foodstuffs.

[mitch96]

6. I reuse zip loc bags. I also reuse chemex coffee filters. They are quite thick and easy to clean. They are four square

I clean, fold, dry and use the next clean space. They are a bit expensive so color me "frugal"...
I don' reuse the thinner ones..
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[Marthe48]

8. I reuse any plastic bags I can

I use big zip-lock bags for the bread I bake, use them several times. Washing, then air dry. I'll store smaller used clean bags in the freezer and use them when I repack big packs of meat. I use fresh bags for each portion, and the used bags for extra protection. I try to reuse, recycle all that I can.
Thanks for posting.

[sir pball]

9. You can get reusable ones.

They have a ziploc-style seal and a small port to pull the air out with a hose that attaches to the sealing machine.

https://www.foodsaver.com/bags-containers/foodsaver-vacuum-zipper-gallon-bags-12-count/SAP_2159423.html

[Emile]

10. We do too. Rolls of vacuum seal plastic

are very expensive. We too reuse zipper lock bags. We could afford to be wasteful, but why would we?