I keep plastic grocery bags for use as garbage bags, and as we all know they do accumulate. At one point there were far too many bags overflowing the container under our kitchen sink and the situation was quickly getting out of hand.
Fortunately, my sister –who uses plastic bags when camping and backpacking, taught me an easy trick to tame these unruly bags. Her simple secret helped me to both save space and organize the kitchen.
I’d like to share this great idea with you too, so in this short video I’ll demonstrate how to perform this simple fold, and maybe bring some organization into your life as well.
Now we can fit ten times the number of plastic bags in the same container,
ready to reuse and recycle!
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Love it! I am going to teach my 6 year old grandson to do this for his Mama. I feel this would also heighten awareness in children as well as adults to the importance of recyling and making use of materials. Even a plastic bag, when folded, can look great.
Thank you, Leyla!
Best always,
Rosemary
That’s a very clever and unique way to store bags!
My aunt taught me this method many years ago, I didn’t know I was doing origami :-D
Great, now you have officially enter the world of origami!
Thanks a lot! This is exactly what I needed to know for years :) works perfect for all type of plastic bags & sachets… Photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasssa/6772799501/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasssa/6772798871/
Excellent, Dasa. I’m glad the video was useful to you. Thank you for sharing the photo!