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[Yay Chicks!]

I appreciate that some plastics can be recycled, the problem is that they are not remade into anything, at least not in great quantity, in the US. Instead most are sent all the way to China (all that fuel!) where they are made into fabric. I guess it's better than nothing, but I try to reduce my purchase of plastics as much as possible even though it's getting more and more difficult.

 

[Moabite]

You could roll down the top and fill it with planting soil to grow tomatoes, potatoes, peppers or something.

 

[LivinNewDreamInND]

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I appreciate that some plastics can be recycled, the problem is that they are not remade into anything, at least not in great quantity, in the US. Instead most are sent all the way to China (all that fuel!) where they are made into fabric. I guess it's better than nothing, but I try to reduce my purchase of plastics as much as possible even though it's getting more and more difficult.

That is true. I am kind of wondering if it could be used as a bottom layer of landscape mulch under more expensive store bought mulches. Of course that would require you to shred it somehow, but the plastic would not mold like wood mulch and it would be a lot cheaper than rubber mulch. I think that if it was shredded it would not pool surface water like solid plastic landscape liners do and it would still help block weeds from popping up. You would need a layer of other mulch to hide the ugly pink plastic but at least it would be less. IDK just a thought.​

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Interesting ideas...

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Make reusable shopping bags.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

I love your reusable shopping bag, however, I don't have a sewing machine and would just make a mess if I did it by hand

It's very cool though.

 

[Doormantnt]

I guess unless your making a business out of it. There are people going to make ALOT OF SHOPPING bags...LOL...

Just fishing for ideas....they make pretty good trashbags, but it kinda defeats the plan of raising healthy food, when you pitch a bag to the dump that will take centuries to break down.

TNT

 

[WoodlandWoman]

If you're going through huge amounts of feed a month, maybe think about having some bulk feed mixed up at a mill. I always think that one of the big advantages of feed like Purina is that it works better for people that only have a few birds or animals for their own use or as a hobby. They don't go through enough feed to meet the minimum pounds needed to mix up a batch of feed at a mill.

Did Purina go to plastic bags to combat mold issues? I know there were some problems with moldy feed mentioned on the forum. Was this due to places not storing them correctly and getting wet? I would imagine it helps keep out the humidity and air to keep the feed fresher longer, too. Everything's a trade off.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

If I had a mill close enough to make it feasible I'd be doing just that. Unfortunately the nearest mill that I can buy bulk that way is sixty five miles away. I could probably pick up a month's feed at a time but it's still a hundred thirty mile round trip plus the time to go get it which takes much of the benefit out of the equation.

 

[ranchhand]

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