You know the bags I mean – The Brand Which Will Not Be Named, and all of it’s many knock-offs. These days they come in a million different sizes, for sandwiches and snacks and freezers and beyond. They have that oh-so-handy zipper-like locking top, and they’re made from that inexpensive, durable, eco-nightmare of a material: cheap plastic.
I hope this goes without saying, and I hope it's the first thing you do with all of your bags. They can be rinsed and <a href="http://www.networx.com/article/12-ways-to-up-cycle-plastic-bags" target="_hplink">reused again</a> and again. The rest of these suggestions, 2-15, are meant for bags that have already served their purpose through many rounds of kitchen washings, have begun to degrade, and are no longer appropriate for food storage.