Comments on: Sandwich Wraps from Shopping Bags & Shower Curtains

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:58:14 +0000

I also was wondering if the shower curtains food safe?? That’s how I came to this site, doing a search to see if they were food safe. I know its the right kind of plastic, but wondering if they are okay with food.

I’d guess if nothing else was in the shower curtains other then PEVA, then it should be okay.

By: Fashion from trash: Small company ‘supercycles’ plastic shopping bags / OurWorld 2.0

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:58:19 +0000

[...] Ideas and details on how to re-use plastic bags to replace store-bought plastic wrap. [...]

By: D

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:02:55 +0000

I like this idea except I’ve started using re-useable shopping bags only. I actually sell Tupperware and it’s very eco-friendly. I use it instead of zipper baggies and I have to say that my freezer is cleaner and my fridge smells better than it ever has before! This might be better for kids, but Tupperware has pretty good sales on the small size containers and I always remember my ‘ziplock squished’ sandwich from when I was a kid and I prefer the plastic boxed ones! (I do use the plastic shopping bags to send stuff to my mom and back via my brother though, he’s 18 and I think he’d loose his underpants too if he didn’t parade through the house without pants so often! LOL)

By: Corinne

Corinne — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:33:38 +0000

This really is a great idea.
I think if you are concerned about inks though this is probably not a project for you, because even the backs of the bags would have been stacked onto the front of another bag, pressing the ink against it.
However, after a good wash and all the wear that the bag has been through, I don’t think that temporarily storing food in these homemade satchels would really be harmful, or would allow mercury to seep into your food.

By: aardvark

aardvark — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:12:39 +0000

I have tree-huggin’ friends (wink – luv y’all) who accuse me of goin’ green on ‘em. No such luck. I’m just cheap! Keep the idearz a’comin’!

By: Ivory Soap

Ivory Soap — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:28:38 +0000

@Kristina–I think you and I are the only ones that love these!

By: Kristina Kriechel

Kristina Kriechel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:55:24 +0000

This is a wonderful idea. Not only cheap or free, think of the cupboard space saved! These little things will take up a fraction of the space!

By: 7 Green-ish Ways to Lower Household Costs

7 Green-ish Ways to Lower Household Costs — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:50:02 +0000

[...] 6. Use containers, not baggies. You can wash baggies, but who wants to? Tiny tupperware is where it’s at. Some people don’t do any plastic. Meh. I’m not sending my five year old to school with anything breakable and that stainless stuff is WAY too expensive to entrust to people who regularly misplace their own underpants. But if you want to be super-frugal, try these. [...]

By: Ivory Soap

Ivory Soap — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:22:24 +0000

YEP. It’s the right kind of plastic.

By: mtj

mtj — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:43:06 +0000

Are these shower curtins food safe??