Save On Foods Plastic Bags

Apparently I'm specializing in photographing plastic bags ;) I think I feel compelled to do this as a way of recognizing organizations that are making a green effort. This one is from Save-On-Foods:



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Dog Bed Solution

A few years ago, we bought this $100 dog bed for our husky that consisted of a zippered cover over a giant piece of foam. The cover is machine washable, but not so much for the foam (it's huge).

We have cats, and one of them pees.

(sigh)

The first thing I did when we bought this $$$ piece of foam (sigh), was cover it with green garbage bags to protect it from the, uh, cat remnants. This involved taping several green bags together, because as I said, the foam piece is quite large.

Recently, however, the cat triumphed. The bags, hidden under the dog bed cover, had started to split, so the cat pee found it's way to the foam. Buh-bye foam. Ciao - it's been great. See ya next time.

I held the pee soaked cover (shudder) with my fingertips, thinking you know, I can still wash this. Once it was clean and dry, I folded it up and started thinking about what I could possibly fill it with.

Since wash ability is clearly a critical criteria, that rules out recycling Styrofoam pieces. Whatever I put in that cover has to be something I can dump into the washing machine.

Light bulb: Ha!! Old fabric! (We have enough cleaning rags.) I recently threw out (arrgh) a comforter that had started to rip open and lose it's stuffing - that would have worked. Kids clothes that are too stained or worn to pass on to anyone else - that would work. Heck I bet I can find a bunch of stuff in my own closet that would work.

Alright cat, carry on. I win!!

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Staples Plastic Bag

It's not quite as impressive as the London Drugs bag, but still a step in the right direction:




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Plastic Bags From London Drugs

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Recycling Plastic Bags

Here's a handy reference (in Canada), listed by province, of which municipalities will accept plastic bags for recycling:

http://www.myplasticbag.ca/municipaldatabase/default.php

I knew that our neighbourhood was one of them, and have always included them in our blue bin, but have never separated them from the other plastics (oops ;) I now resolve to sort them, per the www.myplasticbag.ca suggestion, as follows:

1. Turn bags inside-out to ensure they are empty and free of debris.
2. Stuff them all into one bag.
3. Tie it closed.
4. Include in curbside pick up.

Here are some other plastic bag recycling tidbits I've learned:

• Plastic bags with the number 7 on them are not always recyclable - check with your municipality first.
• Numbers 2 and 4 are recyclable (2 is high-density polyethylene film, or HDPE, and 4 is low density or linear-low density polyethylene film, or LDPE/LLDPE)
• Food wrap (such as saran wrap) is not recyclable.

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