How to recycle potato chip bags

A container for storing food in the refrigerator. But also a bag, a keychain, a sewing bag. So many ways to avoid wasting a very dangerous waste.

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Bags, key rings, sewing kits, shopping bags: from a simple bag of chips, added to many others, you can get original objects, thanks to the creative recyclingAnd avoid very dangerous waste (just look at how we usually find chip bags, on streets and in gardens or on beaches).

HOW TO RECYCLE CHIP BAGS

It is a light waste, but potentially very dangerous and wasteful, being a type of plastic that we use in massive doses: let's talk about the bags that contain the French friesOr even other similar foods. One way to reduce the risks of this waste, and also to have some fun with some DIY ideas, is to simply reuse and repurpose bags. The results can sometimes be surprising, ones you surely couldn't have imagined when you decided to try it.

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WHERE DO YOU THROW A BAG OF CHIPS?

Chip bags should be rinsed thoroughly before being thrown in the bin. plastic collection, if you do not want to reuse them to give them a new life.

WHAT TO DO WITH A BAG OF CHIPS

Chip bags are widely used. And they often end up in the wrong places, especially when we munch on the contents outside the home. We pay little attention and almost naturally fail to consider the waste that can result from the improper disposal of this relatively small waste. Creative recycling offers some fun alternatives. Let's look at the most interesting ones.

Let us now the various creative recycling solutions:

  • FOOD WRAP

The bag, well cleaned obviously, becomes, for example, an excellent container for the conservation of food in the refrigerator, since the inside of the bag is entirely made of aluminum.

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  • DIY BAG

With about thirty bags of chips, carefully cleaned with water and soapTo wash away grease from frying, you can make a fantastic bag. You need to be quite skilled with manual work and have the right accessories, such as scissors, a cutter, needle, and thread. Open the bags completely, cutting off the bottom, and then create many 5x11 cm strips, then fold them so that the longer sides meet. Then open them again and fold the long sides so that they meet where the previously created fold is. Then fold them in half on the other sides until the paper measures half a centimeter by 5,5. Repeat the step using only these sides, finally creating a V. The process is repeated on all the strips, and then, taking two Vs, place one inside the other to obtain chains. The chains (as many as you want to make the bag) are joined in a circle and then attached to each other with needle and thread, also used to close the bottom, to be joined to the sides of the bag. ExchangeAfter sewing a zipper to close the bag, create a shoulder strap with an additional chain and you're done.

  • Empty envelopes can be used to make useful sewing bags, to keep everything you need for small sewing jobs on hand.

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  • DIY ARTWORK

By folding into triangles lots of bags of crisps (and not only) you can create a really nice piece of art, with a contemporary design, beautiful if hung on the wall of a children's bedroom or in a living room with afurnishings modern.

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  • SHOPPING BAG

With the empty crisp packets, the front of a nice shopping bag is covered, made entirely ofcrochet and lined entirely in cotton.

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  • NOTEBOOK COVERS

With the potato chip bags you can cover notebooks, coin purses and books which thus become waterproof, just cut them to the length of what you want to cover and stick everything together with a little glue. glue.

  • FESTONI

I love the idea of ​​garlands, made by folding empty envelopes into triangles and attaching them to a string that can be hung wherever you like.

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  • KEYCHAIN

And then whimsical, bizarre key rings earrings, laundry baskets and anything else that sparks the imagination.

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I BAGS DI FRENCH FRIES ARE THEY BIODEGRADABLE?

I bags di chips, composed of various layers of polymeric materials, are not biodegradable, and there is still a long way to go before a credible goal can be achieved in this direction. Among other things, the consumption, sale and disposal of bags di chips They are very high: it has been estimated that in America 4 million are thrown away each year, and most end up in landfills. Like in Italy.

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