what is the environment friendly option to throw DAILY GARBAGE IN as AGAINST using plastic(/polythene) bags ??

Question

its a daily affair so it has to be something handy, easily available and something not too expensive .. cause polythene bags are basically dirt cheap.. i feel environment saving should be taken up in these little daily activities of our lives to make real impact. be as creatively crazily as you want to be. :))

Answer 1

At some stores and groceries they now have bins you can throw your plastic bags in to recycle. I've seen them at a couple of Walmarts. I normally use them as trash bags in the bathrooms for the small waste baskets. Or sometimes I'll store them and use them as protective stuffing or void stuffing for Christmas presents. They also come in handy whenever you are moving. Use them to wrap and pad your glassware and other breakable items.

Some of the larger bags can be used as sort of a raincoat in an emergency by cutting out holes for your head and/or arms to go through.

Sometimes I'll use them as a lunch bag. Another good use is to use them as protective plastic sheeting for in case you spill something so you won't have to vaccuum it up off the carpet. Or you can sometimes tape it against the wall for doing paint touch ups on your house walls. Or you can use them under a model toy when you or your kid is gluing a model together so they don't get glue on the table.

I've even seen them used as quick plastic booties so someone doesn't track in dirt into a house when doing remodeling or coming in from outside in the rain. A couple bags and a large rubber band does the trick.

I also use them for storage. I re-use my Christmas bows and I stick them in a plastic bag when I'm done and reuse them next year. And some of the Christmas ornaments and decorations are much easier to keep and store in plastic bags such as the tinsel strands and bead strands and bows.

And finally, if I don't need a plastic bag I don't take one. If you have one or two items, why do you you really need a bag if you can carry them by hand?

Answer 2

Reuse any bags from shopping. Recycling bags is possible, but not environmentally free either, so using them as trash bags is the most environmentally friendly way to "recycle" them.

I always wondered why people purchase something to throw out (trash bags). A big contractor bag is useful now and again, but otherwise it seems silly.

Answer 3

recycle as much of your daily trash as possible. Paper, tin and aluminum, and some plastics are recyclable. check with your local municipality to see if they have a program. compost your garbage if possible as well. this should leave you with a very small amount of daily "trash". I throw mine away in either a paper bag or wrap it in news paper and throw away.

Answer 4

cloth/ paper bags

Answer 5

I always think about that.