10 Unusual Uses For Trash Bags : Floppy

10 Unusual Uses For Trash Bags

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Many things you can do with trash bags beside the very known use of them for collecting the trash inside or outside our homes. The following 10 examples are some of the many things you can do with trash bags:

1. Gather Things

Let’s get the most obvious one out of the way first. Trash bags are great for gathering things like fruit, vegetables, cans, bottles, or any other small items that could be useful.

2. Keep Your Feet Dry

If you’re crossing a river or walking through a wet area, step into a couple of trash bags and tie them shut against your shins. This will keep your shoes dry.

3. Keep Yourself Dry

Trash bags make great ponchos. Just cut holes for your head and arms and put it on like a shirt. You could also lay trash bags on the ground where you sleep to keep moisture from the ground at bay.

4. Collect Rainwater

Dig a hole in the ground and put the trash bag inside it. Secure the edges of the bag in place with heavy rocks, then wait for it to start raining.

5. Store Water

If you don’t have any other type of container, you could store some water in trash bags. Or you could line water storage containers with trash bags to keep the water safer.

6. Stay Clean

If you’re butchering an animal, cleaning up waste, helping someone who is bleeding, working in the garden, etc., you can use a large trash bag as an apron and use smaller pieces as gloves.

7. Block the Sun

If you’ve been outside for a while and there’s no shade, you can tape together a few trash bags, stretch them out, and tie them to a tree for a temporary shade.

.8. Stay Warm

Cut open the sealed end of a trash bag and use duct tape to attach it to the open end of another bag. Then use it like you would a sleeping bag. It will hold in your body heat and help you stay warm.

.9. Make a Pillow

Blow some air into a trash bag and tie it shut to make a nice pillow. Again, this is not ideal, but at least you won’t get a crick in your neck from sleeping without a pillow.

10. Wash Clothes

Put some clothes in a trash bag and add some warm water and soap. Shake the trash bag for a while, then drain the soapy water. Now add some plain water and repeat the process to rinse the clothes.