Did you know you can recycle your Milton’s bread bags? It’s true! At participating grocery stores, you can recycle your Milton’s bread bags along with your plastic grocery bags. In addition, there are lots of other fun and interesting uses for your used Milton’s bread bags…here are a few of our favorite ideas from fellow bread bag recyclers.
- Trash bag to keep in your car
- Store home made baked goods
- Sick bag for emergency use in the back of the car with the kids
- To collect berries and vegetables in your garden
- Cut into strips and use for the tail of a kite
- Use as a freezer bag
- Use for picking up (you know what) when out walking your dog
- Use as a lunch bag
- Put shoes or dirty laundry inside when traveling
- Put over plant pots to aid germination
- Store balls of wool or yarn
- Turn into book covers to make your paperbacks last longer
- Filled with soil – growbags for smaller plants
- An alternative (and reusable) gift bag
- To protect your matches and kindling when you go camping
- Collecting seashells and pebbles instead of making your pockets all damp and sandy
- Marinating meat or vegetables
- Use to cover your apples on the tree to protect from blemishes
- Blow up and use as a mold for papier mache
- Giant water balloons
- Fill up with icing, snip off a corner, and use it for piping
- Parachute for a toy
- Storing small toys
- A windsock
- Take to the market to buy your fruit and vegetables in
- Smash your toasts, crackers, and cookies for bread crumbs or ice cream toppings
- Use as bag to collect other bags for recycling
- Use for coating meat or veggies. Add seasoned flour or bread crumbs, chopped meat or veggies, and shake!
Those are our favorite ideas…what are your alternative uses for Milton’s bread bags? Please share your ideas in our comments box below.