Cooking & Baking
Related: About this forumI don't know if I'm alone in this practice but I wash and re-use vacuum storage bags, trim off the welded
seam, turn them inside out and wash them thoroughly, I don't like plastic waste but I'm single and a bit cheap
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(4,247 posts)MiKenMi33
(231 posts)I also reuse ziplock bags if theyre not too dirty.
iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,714 posts)Ziplocks, too.
dhol82
(9,623 posts)Never thought of putting them In the dish washer. Dont they fly around during the wash?
iwillalwayswonderwhy
(2,714 posts)Works fine. I air-dry them.
SWBTATTReg
(25,886 posts)once, doesn't mean throw them away. You're just thrifty. Nothing at all wrong w/ this, and you're helping our environment, by not disposing of anymore 'trash' until you're absolutely ready too. I wash my baggies out all of the time, reuse them. Now if the baggie is really yucky, and contained a meat (I don't really reuse those baggies I use to store meats in), I don't reuse, unless it's for a non-food item to store something else in the house other than foodstuffs.
mitch96
(15,564 posts)I clean, fold, dry and use the next clean space. They are a bit expensive so color me "frugal"...
I don' reuse the thinner ones..
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Marthe48
(22,422 posts)I use big zip-lock bags for the bread I bake, use them several times. Washing, then air dry. I'll store smaller used clean bags in the freezer and use them when I repack big packs of meat. I use fresh bags for each portion, and the used bags for extra protection. I try to reuse, recycle all that I can.
Thanks for posting.
sir pball
(5,210 posts)They have a ziploc-style seal and a small port to pull the air out with a hose that attaches to the sealing machine.
https://www.foodsaver.com/bags-containers/foodsaver-vacuum-zipper-gallon-bags-12-count/SAP_2159423.html
Emile
(39,400 posts)are very expensive. We too reuse zipper lock bags. We could afford to be wasteful, but why would we?