Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:29:40 +0000 Alivoo01 on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-575206 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:07:56 +0000 Alivoo01 575206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ They become trash bags in the bathrooms (we line the trash can with them), or as my lunch bag when the leftover item is from a restaurant so their to go box is too big for my regular lunch bag, or as storage bags for shoes while traveling .twist. on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-575181 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:03:37 +0000 .twist. 575181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Bao: Same! All of the above! Cat litter, bathroom garbage bins & soon to be baby diapers! Mrs squirreld on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-575179 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:03:34 +0000 Mrs squirreld 575179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I use reuseable bags... Most shops here now charge you for plastic bags. MediaNaranja on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-575161 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:01:01 +0000 MediaNaranja 575161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a huge stack of reusables, so we don't have too many plastic bags. Those that we do have are used for small trashcan liners and lunches. lavender on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-575127 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:56:53 +0000 lavender 575127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use reusuable at the grocery store. The plastic ones are used for trash can liners and the paper ones we throw our recycalbes in. fussygal on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-573279 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:59:24 +0000 fussygal 573279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Dog poop, bathroom garbage and DHs lunches. Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for/page/2#post-573103 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:37:25 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 573103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have 4 reusable cloth grocery bags I use when I shop, but I visit three stores each grocery shopping trip and always end up with plastic bags. My husband uses the plastic bags for his lunch- they never return home, and I use them for emptying the bathroom and my home-office trash cans. mrskc on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-573067 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:15:15 +0000 mrskc 573067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use them as small trashcan liners including our diaper pail. Reese on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-573055 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:10:14 +0000 Reese 573055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ another vote for dog poop and small trash cans :) in the words of the newly pregnant FERGIE G-L-A-M-O-R-O-U-S Rainbow Sprinkles on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-573051 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:08:19 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 573051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Small trash can liners and my dh uses them to carry his lunch. Many cities around here have outlawed plastic bags so we don't have as many as we used to. autumnlove on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-573029 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:02:26 +0000 autumnlove 573029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I save them and take them to daycare. They use them for soiled clothes and extra poopy cloth diapers. blackbird on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-573023 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:00:36 +0000 blackbird 573023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Bathroom trash cans and cat poop! Oh and taking my lunch to work sometimes MrsSCB on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572705 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:51:19 +0000 MrsSCB 572705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use them as cat litter bags and for carrying lunch :-) PurplePumps on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572631 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:20:33 +0000 PurplePumps 572631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I use the plastic bags as my trash bags throughout the house and used to use the paper bags for paper recycle. But now that we can recycle everything in one bin, I don't really have a use for them. matador84 on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572630 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:20:12 +0000 matador84 572630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Line the diaper pail, send to daycare--they use to send back bottles in kiddosc on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572620 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:15:27 +0000 kiddosc 572620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We always have loads of them stuffed in the closet and it's nice to be able to grab them for dog poop, or transporting random things at random times. Every few months we take all the rest back to the store and recycle them. I really need to get reusable bags, our grocery store doesn't even offer paper bags. Dandelion on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572607 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:03:47 +0000 Dandelion 572607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH uses them to take his lunch to work, we line our small bathroom and ds's room garbage cans with them, use them for cat litter, and ds uses them to bring clothes when he spends the night at gramma's house. We often get piled up with way more than we need, though, so I take back a lot to recycle in those bins in front of the grocery store. Mrs. Sketchbook on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572598 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:58:29 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 572598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: I have reusable ones but I often forget them! I have a ton of plastic ones I've saved over the years. I use them as stuffing around breakables that I am shipping/storing, and in the bathroom, for dog bags, etc. But my favorite use is to give them to our local thrift store, which uses them as shopping bags for their customers. regberadaisy on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572581 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:48:32 +0000 regberadaisy 572581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We also use reusable bags but sometimes forget. The ones we do have we use for bathroom trash, doggie bags and bring to recycling at the stores. heffalump on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572566 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:43:41 +0000 heffalump 572566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I usually use reusable bags because we already have so many plastic bags stored up. But we do use the plastic bags for dog poo. bienlivingdesign on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572474 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:11:18 +0000 bienlivingdesign 572474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use them when walking the dog :) honeybear on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572430 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:49:10 +0000 honeybear 572430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Paper bags make good kraft-style drawing paper for toddlers. I cut them open, lay them on the kitchen table print side down, and secure with packing tape. And then I let LO go to town with markers, crayons, paint, whatever! I try to remember my reusables when I go shopping, but it doesn't always happen... sera_87 on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572420 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:43:12 +0000 sera_87 572420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Anything, really. Mostly for garbage though. I dont even buy actual garbage bags. cascademom on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572411 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:35:12 +0000 cascademom 572411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use plastic bags for transporting breastmilk to daycare and bathroom waste baskets. We have a lot of canvas bags for groceries, so we rarely have a lot of plastic bags in our house. apis on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572409 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:34:51 +0000 apis 572409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use our Whole Foods paper bags for recycling glass, plastic and, of course, paper. spaniellove on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572382 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:19:21 +0000 spaniellove 572382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use the plastic bags to throw out food scraps and to line bathroom trash cans. And just like @Foodnerd81, we use the paper bags as recycling bins! shopaholic on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572380 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:18:52 +0000 shopaholic 572380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I get plastic bags, we re-use them for like everyone else, bathroom and bedroom trash cans. I've also accumulated so many I will bring them to Target and put them in the recycling bin and/or sometimes friend's kids need them for school recycling collections. Even though I try to reuse and bring my own bags, we always end up with too many plastic bags. BSB on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572369 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:14:15 +0000 BSB 572369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We use plastic bags for picking up dog poop. For the paper bags, I use them to line my paper recycling bin. Vegmama on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572350 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:05:36 +0000 Vegmama 572350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrbee: Portland banned plastic bags last year, but we love using paper bags for the litter box & storing our recycling until we need to take it downstairs. We use reusable bags 80% of the time, then get paper once or twice a month so we have our little stash. MrsBrewer on "Do you save grocery bags for reuse? What do you use them for?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-save-grocery-bags-for-reuse-what-do-you-use-them-for#post-572337 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:57:14 +0000 MrsBrewer 572337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I reuse them for our small trash cans around the house (bathroom, bedrooms, etc) and use them for the litter boxes. We always have uses for plastic bags, and I carry my lunch in them too!