And even if your grocery store doesn’t charge for plastic bags to transport all of your items, is it ok to reuse them? Are there safety considerations?

Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put to the curb for recycling, so reusing them whenever possible is ideal.

Instead of throwing away those plastic bags from the grocery store, discover how to turn them into both decorative and useful items for your home.

Instead of tossing plastic bags in the trash, use them around your home. Learn some of the most useful ways to repurpose plastic grocery bags.

Give single-use plastic bags a second life as packing material. Use this hack to transform them into packing bubbles, so you can save money and save them from the trash.

A plastic bag along a roadside in Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 25, 2013. Photo: Associated Press Doesn’t everyone put items from the produce department of a grocery store into thin plastic bags?

The most eco-friendly and cost-effective move to make is to start bringing your own reusable grocery bags to the store. Here are our favorite Earth-approved bags.

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