When I was a junior or senior in college, I went and stayed with my Grandparents for a weekend. I was in the kitchen helping my Grandma and I saw a whole bunch of plastic bags in the dish dryer rack that looked like they had been washed out. I thought to myself...."Oh my cute little post-WWII Grandma feels like she has to save and reuse everything. That's funny and kind of gross and kind of a hassle. Come on it's just a little plastic bag." Well, now 10 years later I wish my Grandma was alive so that I could tell her how AWESOME she was for doing this and how she was being a good steward of God's Creation and of her money as well. Yes, it took me 10 years to realize that I should reuse those plastic bags, especially when they hardly get dirty. Now, I understand that you might want to toss them when they had just had chicken in them or something pretty nasty. But then again, couldn't I marinate my chicken in a glass dish?
Now, my mom, without even knowing it, has taught me a lot about being environmentally friendly. She just told me recently that Grandma Anna had also taught her to use the bag that your cereal comes in as wax paper. I WILL NEVER BUY WAX PAPER AGAIN, just cut it down so it opens up into a flat piece and wipe or rinse it off and WALA you have wax paper. Though I hardly ever use wax paper for anything, but if I need I will have it!!
After searching google for a cool picture, I came across tons of other ideas:
http://www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/2009/08/diy-reusable-2-in-1-sandwich-wrap-and.html
http://www.greendaily.com/2009/03/08/pack-a-greener-lunch-with-reusable-sandwich-bags/
http://www.familieswithpurpose.com/reusable-sandwich-bags.html
http://www.grazeorganic.com/
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For the past 10 years or so, I have cut those cereal wax bags into circles to fit a cookie tin, and filled the tins with two or three layers of Christmas cookies that don't sprinkle or smear on each other. It's really sturdy stuff.
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