Around the House –

• Use plastic grocery sacks as wastebasket liners in bedroom, office and bath.
• A dozen bags rolled up tight fit into a small ziplock bag, freeing up lots of space in kitchen drawers.
• Protect water and gas valves in the wintertime.
• Take grocery and retail sacks back to the store for reuse while shopping.
• Plastic bags keep dust away when storing off-season shoes.
• Take them to the food bank where they can be used to give needy people their food.
• Sort craft supplies in plastic grocery sacks.
• Use plastic sacks to cushion breakable items when moving them in boxes.
• Store outgrown clothing to pass down to the next child in plastic bags.
• Use them to take clothing to the KNIB Clothing Drive in May, July or October

For the Holidays –

• Make Christmas wreaths with them.
• Hide presents from the kids.
• Protect gifts from rain and snow during holiday trips and visits.
• To keep needles from your Christmas tree off the carpet, take the tree apart with pruning clippers and put the pieces into a plastic bag. Put a sandwich bag on your hands when handling the tree trunk to keep off pine tar.

In the Workshop or Garage –

• Store a paintbrush full of oil-base paint at the end of the day to use it again the next day without having to use a solvent to store it overnight. Just wrap the brush in the bag and put it in the refrigerator until the next morning.
• Slip them under the car to catch those last few drops of oil after an oil change.
• Keep leftover paint fresh by pouring it into a heavyweight, sealable plastic bag. Squeeze out the air and seal the bag. Put the bag in the original paint can and tap the lid closed.
• Clamp irregular shapes together with a sand-filled plastic bag.

Out and About –

• Keep clothes dry on canoeing trips.
• Line your backpack with them. Or bicycle pack.
• When packing for travel, use plastic bags to put your shoes in.
• Give them to thrift stores or garage sales for their reuse.
• Use as garbage bag in cars.
• Containers for plants to be transplanted.
• Turn the big ones into ponchos.

For Students –

• They are handy because they can be hung on the door handles.
• Use as trash bags in dorm rooms
• Use plastic grocery bags to store aluminum cans for recycling.
• Put a plastic bag on a stadium seat at a band competition when it is raining.