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countryjake

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39. Re-use the bags that the kitty litter comes in...

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 07:19 PM

Mar 2014

if you buy toilet paper and paper towels, those bags work very well as substitute plastic liners as long as you open them carefully without ripping huge holes in them. We also save bread bags and those thin sacks they use in produce depts. at grocery stores. If they ever finally decide to ban bread bags, I could probably make a killing selling the ones I've collected...have never thrown one out unless it's being re-used in some manner so I have tons of them. I also save ice-cream containers which work fine for typical messy garbage from kitchen and milk boxes, too.

If you look at what's coming into your home from a store as packaging and then consider what else you might be able to use it for, you'll soon get into recycling handy things and greatly reducing your garbage.

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help me out - how do can i manage without plastic bags? [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 OP

You didn't buy them before? Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #1

Those bags have never been single-use in my household. JimDandy Mar 2014 #5

rarely- i accumulated enough ralphs, vons, etc bags to handle most garbage Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #6

On the blackmarket Politicalboi Mar 2014 #2

Valencia (SC Valley) still allows plastic bags Lebam in LA Mar 2014 #3

Garbage used to be wrapped in the daily newspaper Warpy Mar 2014 #4

Very few have a daily newspaper any more, Warpy Demeter Mar 2014 #16

I know. Maybe banning plastic bags Warpy Mar 2014 #22

We had a concrete incinerator in our back yard Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #56

the pet section of the store now sells role of mini disposer bags librechik Mar 2014 #7

Another reason why hemp should be legal B Calm Mar 2014 #8

I got a Litter Genie REP Mar 2014 #9

Is that kind of like a diaper genie for catbox scoopings? n/t winter is coming Mar 2014 #17

I don't know what a diaper genie is REP Mar 2014 #19

Think of something that looks like a cylindrical plastic kitchen trash can, with a snug lid. winter is coming Mar 2014 #24

A little less gross REP Mar 2014 #49

BioBags -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2014 #10

That's what I was going to suggest. laundry_queen Mar 2014 #78

I think you can think if something. upaloopa Mar 2014 #11

you can easily buy them , but if you don't want to pay and it's a real issue for you JI7 Mar 2014 #12

Does this help? Raine1967 Mar 2014 #13

Prior to the ban here in Portland... Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #14

Wondering how many barrels of oil are used per year to make B Calm Mar 2014 #15

want mine? tabbycat31 Mar 2014 #18

We keep all sorts of bags for litter-scooping and other trash: bread bags, inner petronius Mar 2014 #20

LA has banned plastic bags? MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #21

not a total ban, but now people have to bring their own reusable or pay for paper bags JI7 Mar 2014 #23

Man, I don't know how people can live out there MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #26

warm weather, beaches JI7 Mar 2014 #29

Because plastic bags are the indicator of the good life? Squinch Mar 2014 #38

No MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #67

I'd guess a lot of people believe their own conveniences LanternWaste Mar 2014 #68

Yep, most do MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #69

You have indicated distaste for a number of progressive measures. Squinch Mar 2014 #82

Not true MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #83

Because your liberty trumps all. We get it. Squinch Mar 2014 #84

Yeah man, plastic bags are awesome! Lex Mar 2014 #46

i've had the same stash of paper bags for my recycleables for years... dionysus Mar 2014 #60

They've been banned up in the Bay Area for years REP Mar 2014 #50

I buy kitty waste bags at Dollar Tree. Box of 40 for $1.00. Sometimes in rolls too. Paper Roses Mar 2014 #25

I would like to see a ban also marions ghost Mar 2014 #34

Shop outside the LA Area. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2014 #27

buy bio-degradable doggy (kitty) bags. hlthe2b Mar 2014 #28

thanks for the tip Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #31

Ask for brown paper bags? Lex Mar 2014 #30

Buy a reusable bag sakabatou Mar 2014 #32

I find that there are still a lot of plastic bags coming my way Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #33

Good point. nt Lex Mar 2014 #44

Yes, also produce bags n/t Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #48

I feel your pain. zappaman Mar 2014 #35

Use litter box liners. 840high Mar 2014 #58

OH, I feel for you there laundry_queen Mar 2014 #79

I take the kitty litter box outside and dumb it directly in our big garbage can tandot Mar 2014 #36

dumping unbagged garbage into dumpster not allowed in condo complex Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #40

Oh boy ... that makes it more difficult. tandot Mar 2014 #47

Then dump it under your car Orrex Mar 2014 #71

Ah, the joys of reading too fast. 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #54

that can be wicked smelly if its loose in the can during the summer! dionysus Mar 2014 #61

we usually dump it shortly before trash pick-up and add baking soda tandot Mar 2014 #65

For garbage, you can use the paper bags if that is what the grocery store is giving now. Squinch Mar 2014 #37

thnk u Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #42

Any time! Squinch Mar 2014 #45

Re-use the bags that the kitty litter comes in... countryjake Mar 2014 #39

excellent tips! hadnt thought of that Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #41

we don't get the newspaper anymore but we still get Phentex Mar 2014 #74

We've had a ban for a couple of years in Montgomery County, MD LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #43

Try EBAY. Search for.. 'cheap check out plastic bags.' pangaia Mar 2014 #51

http://www.storesupply.com/pc-13204-623-plastic-thank-you-bags-white-90109.aspx Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #52

We've already been having to do this for several months here in SLO. Cleita Mar 2014 #53

We bought a really big box of what they call "t shirt bags" Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #55

We have a ban in Seattle, too. yewberry Mar 2014 #57

I used to live where I had a compost heap and a garden, kentauros Mar 2014 #62

small sized trashcan bags from the supermarket? thats what i use. dionysus Mar 2014 #59

I bought a couple of these re-usable trash bags for my garbage kentauros Mar 2014 #63

Buy some litter in the tall square plastic bins..with the tight snap on lids SoCalDem Mar 2014 #64

Yup. That's what I do, too. MineralMan Mar 2014 #70

I use brown paper supermarket bags for my recycle bin. CTyankee Mar 2014 #66

Can you compost? roody Mar 2014 #72

They're not banned in the produce department are they? Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #73

"help me out - how do can i manage without plastic bags?" NCTraveler Mar 2014 #75

Buy your own. MineralMan Mar 2014 #76

South Pasadena still has 'em n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #77

They are called t-shirt carry out bags �because of their appearance. Tikki Mar 2014 #80

Seattle banned them two years ago AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #81