Save money with free trash bags

Most grocery stores still use plastic bags to package your groceries. Unfortunately where I live I’m not allowed to recycle the bags in the recycling bin. Some grocery stores do allow you to bring them back to the store and they recycle them, but you can reuse them yourself and save a little money. I’m sure by reading the title and the introduction you already know where this is going.

Forget about buying those cute tiny trash bags to put in the trash cans in the bathrooms. Simply use your free grocery bags and place them in the cans for trash bags, after all don’t they just go in the trash? You can also use grocery bags to clean out your car. No need to fill up your kitchen garbage bags with trash from your car. Simply grab an unused grocery bag and start the cleaning process for free.

We have also got in a habit of using grocery bags as our main trash bags. It’s not the best habit to get into but depending on when you show up at our house you might find a grocery bag hanging from the pantry door with that days trash inside. I’m sure it’s not the most decorative trash storage but it’s free and it’s convenient. After all who wants to open the pantry to throw away their trash?

With as many grocery bags as we use for trash bags I bet we cut our trash bag spending in 1/2. Sure it might only be $30 or $40 per year but every penny counts!