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All Those Bags

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  1. BHags

    BHags

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    I just cleaned ( organized the mess) my cellar, and ended up with three garbage bags full of pellet bags! Does anyone have a practical way to get rid of them? I don't think they recycle.
     
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    I've seen pics of DexterDay's cellar, so I assume he folds, irons, and ties his up in neat little blocks for the trash man, but I don't have that kind of time!
     
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    Mine well a lot of mine go to the wife's / sister's shop as they use them to paint their creations on but I still have a lot left over. I do fold mine nice an neat only because they stack better and I would have them everywhere had I not, once and a while I get lazy and before you know it I have a big pile of them making a mess . No other practical use for em though Ill be watching this one to see what someone comes up with.
     
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    The recycler takes them here.
     
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    :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:

    He’s a dapper fella for sure, that DexterDay :salute:
     
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    Garbage bags around the garage/shop, leaf bags, piling up faster than you could use them so off to the recycle bin. Can't really use them around as they statically hold the pellet fine dust.
     
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    We put them out with the recycle items. Couple years ago when we had about 6 feet of snow in a month, we used a couple of them taped together to make the “snow slide” portion of a home made roof rake. Every store was sold out so we had to get creative! Worked like a charm too! In fact those bags proved to be a much better value than the product that came inside them! Okanagans.
     
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    I use them for trash
     
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    And yard clean up. :yes:
     
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    I have a Harman. It burns them just fine, just need to fine tune the feed setting :whistle:
     
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    LOL,ya right,recently saw a Harman problem that ended up being part of a plastic bag blocking the auger.You cannt fool us!!:D
     
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    :yes::D:zip: Thanks Eric.
     
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    Yup, I had that too. Feed setting was too low
     
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    I get a lot left over even though I use them for trash bags, kitty leavings holder, yard clean up, weed light blockers (for poison ivy especially) and some other duties that I can't remember right now. I roll a bunch of them tightly and place into another bag. Then smash more into the bag, then take to the dump. No one in the area will take them for recycling.
     
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    Have to admit, when I leave them out by the road in the recycle container - I wonder what they really do with them. Do they really get recycled or do they just chuck them in with the trash? One day if I ever see the dude out by the road I will ask...
     
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    Mine have been all gone for a long while,mine went to the silver bullet for recycle.
     
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    I recycle them. It is a crapton of plastic for sure.
     
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    grocery store take's plastic bags in these parts
     
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    Trash bags in the kitchen and laundry room garbage cans.
     
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    Throw mine in the kitchen recyc trash can same as other trash. One less trival thing to ponder in life
     
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