OT: Extra grocery bags

[Spare130_rivals]

Over the past few years I have always put my extra grocery bags in a kitchen cabinet, typically used for picking up dog crap. Today when I got home after doing some food shopping, I realized I had a ridiculous amount of bags in the kitchen. Should people just throw them away when they have too many, or find a place to stash the extras to ensure that they never run out?

 

[oldman87]

Get a few more dogs

 

[MikeR0102]

Weis in Hillsborough has a bin by its entrance to recycle old bags. I just reuse them for various things at my job.

 

[KeithK7624]

Won't some supermarkets give you cash off? If not you can recycle them

 

[MulletCork]

Just throw them in a river & watch them float away

 

[Underdogs88]

I use them as garbage bags.

 

[Scarlet4Shore]

You can recycle them at many stores -- grocery stores, Lowes, Home Depot, Staples...My town will give you a canvas reusable bag for every 20 plastic bags you bring in to boro hall.

 

[OntheBanks]

In Feb NYC will institute a 5 cent per bag fee to try to force people to use reusable bags. The fee will go directly to the store owner.
I heard a rumor that this fee will be waved for those who purchase with an EBT card.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...uary-paying-plastic-bag-tax-article-1.2665119

 

[Extra Point_rivals157299]

You can recycle them at many stores -- grocery stores, Lowes, Home Depot, Staples...My town will give you a canvas reusable bag for every 20 plastic bags you bring in to boro hall.

What town is that?

 

[FanuSanu52]

I have a weird ache in my lower tum tum. Should I go to the potty or just wait it out and see what happens?

 

[oldman87]

Have you tried removing the gerbil?

 

[FanuSanu52]

Seriously, though, I have the same problem. I buy stuff way faster than the dog poops. No sense in hoarding more.

I can just throw them in the recycling bin, but if i had to bring them somewhere, I'd probably just throw them all out until I started running low.

 

[RUsSKii]

The Morton Williams supermarket on my corner has a bin for dropping off plastic bags to be recycled. Some extra bags i use to bring lunch to work, the others I just drop off on my way out.

 

[DanceAppreciationTA]

Grocery bags mess up the regular recycling stream so its best to bring them to the stores

 

[jay_hq]

I just burn both the plastic and paper ones in my in my fireplace when it gets colder. Saves me from leaving the house in the cold and keeps me warmer inside.

Two birds with one stone!

 

[RU848789]

I've had the same couple of huge canvas bags for 25+ years, so I almost never use store bags. In addition to being much better environmentally, it's simply a lot easier, as I hate those friggin' plastic bag dispensers and I only need 1 or 2 bags instead of the 7-10 little plastic bags I see tons of people using (and some use double bags, which looks like a pain in the ***).

 

[RU848789]

Just throw them in a river & watch them float away

Reminds me of one of my favorite Steve Martin lines from his first album. "Always take a litter bag with you in the car - if it gets filled up, you can just toss it out the window."

 

[Scarlet4Shore]

What town is that?

Tinton Falls. 2 per household.

 

[Burton12]

There are still people who haven't bought reusable grocery bags? C'mon, they cost like $1 each.

 

[OTBOTOR]

There are still people who haven't bought reusable grocery bags? C'mon, they cost like $1 each.

Seriously. And they're given away for free at almost every local festival or corporate event. I have a couple dozen and didn't have to buy them.

 

[FanuSanu52]

The OP, I and others reuse the plastic bags ... for free.

 

[CERU00]

Those reusable canvas bags become bacteria traps. I'd make sure to wash them routinely.

 

[JQRU91]

Food pantries can often use those plastic bags. You can check if one local to you will take them.

 

[vkj91]

I don't have a dog so I just sh$t in them Myself. Then in either drop them in a sewer or light them on fire on neighbors front stoops.

 

[RUfromSoCal?]

I usually feed my extras to the dolphins.

 

[vkj91]

I usually feed my extras to the dolphins.

Such a waste. Use them to fish for tuna and just let dolphins die on the boat.

 

[Rutgers 2004]

i usually just use the extra plastic bags to suffocate my enemies.....wait, uhh....hmmm...have i said too much??

 

[We Are RU]

Every ShopRite has a bin outside or somewhere near the entrance to collect the plastic bags. Just start a collection at home and when it gets large, drop them off.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Wait, what? Use them for dog poops? Am I the only one who seems to get the bags with at least a tiny hole or two in them?

 

[bac2therac]

I prefer paper in plastic

 

[czxqa]

Have you tried removing the gerbil?

What did the brown gerbil say to the white gerbil?











New in town?

 

[rufanpops]

I usually just flush my bags down the toilet

 

[RUfromSoCal?]

To be honest, I keep my extras locked up next to my guns and ammo so Hillary can't take 'em.

 

[oldman87]

To be honest, I keep my extras locked up next to my guns and ammo so Hillary can't take 'em.

I keep mine right next to my copy of the constitution so Trump can't find them.

 

[LadyRU09]

I use mine for dog poop, trash cans, and the occasional packed lunch.


DC has charged 5 cents for disposable bags from stores that sell food for the past 6 years.

 

[beaced_rivals]

Since one does not wish to contaminate the Earth for ever by having them buried by the trash collectors,I would suggest burning them.

 

[goru1869]

Put them in your car, drive 2 miles from your home, stop car, get out with bags in hand, place bags on top of car, get into car and drive really fast down the road while observing the mess you are making in your rearview mirror. Go home and have a beer while watching the final round of the PGA.

 

[DanoRU]

Wait, what? Use them for dog poops? Am I the only one who seems to get the bags with at least a tiny hole or two in them?

You have to double and triple bag when using for dog poop.

 

[mildone_rivals]

Can't believe nobody mentioned how useful they are as sex toys. Although yeah, you have to use between 10-15 at a time, so...

 

[oldman87]

To tie down the sheep?