What Can I Do With Wal-Mart Bags?

Recycling

Recycling Wal-Mart plastic bags not only is a good way to get them out of your home and save the environment, but also can be a way to put some spare change in your pocket every week. Many department stores including Wal-Mart offer a plastic bag recycling container at the front of the store, and you can use this to help make good use of your plastic bags. However, you may want to contact a local recycling center to find out if they accept plastic Wal-Mart bags for payment. Taking them to a recycling center for payment may only earn a few dollars a month, but you are helping the environment and putting some change in your pocket at the same time.

Wal-Mart bags are the perfect size to be re-used as bags for other purposes. When you have company over for dinner and want to send leftovers home with them, help them out by packaging the leftovers in a Wal-Mart bag. You can use Wal-Mart bags as storage for shop rags, knitting yarn and arts and crafts supplies. You can also use Wal-Mart bags as totes when you need to carry things such as books or DVDs from one place to another.

Wal-Mart bags can be used as shipping material. If you need to wrap something small to place it in with shipping material, a Wal-Mart bag can be useful. You also can use Wal-Mart bags as protective packaging material. Stuff several bags around the object you're sending to create a cushion. To create a shipping air pillow, take a Wal-Mart bag, spin it closed quickly to trap the air inside and seal it shut with a tightly wound twist-tie. To help seal it even further you can use packing tape on the opening of the bag along with the twist tie.

By intertwining or braiding twisted plastic bags you can create wall decorations, chair covers or even floor coverings. The concept is the same as knitting pieces of yarn together, and when you use different colored Wal-Mart bags you can get many different patterns. You could also place the bag outside and use it as a wind sock to let you know which direction the wind is blowing and how strong the wind is. You can even use craft paints to decorate the wind sock bag.

Plastic Wal-Mart bags can be used to cover your garden plants to protect them from the cold. They also can be used as shoe covers to protect your shoes from the dirt and mud in your garden, but avoid using bags on your shoes in the winter as it may cause you to slip and fall. Wal-Mart bags can be used as protection for your knees when working in the garden as well.