Frequent trips to the grocery or shopping definitely mean more plastic and/or paper bags for a household. And perhaps, only a few people are practicing reusing these plastic and paper bags. But if one would consider reusing these bags, it will be of great help to use reusable bag sorter.
A reusable bag sorter is a simple improvised bin that sorts and organizes plastic and paper bags. To create one, only two things are needed – First is the bin and second are the hooks. A tall slim bin, not more than one foot wide, is more preferred than a very wide short one. This is for the purpose of accommodating big sizes of bags. And lastly, find four big circle hooks that have adhesives or can be bolted on the bin. To put up the reusable bag sorter, put one hook at the top middle portion on one of the long sides. This hook will hold the straps or strings of the paper bags put in the bin. Next, install the last three hooks at the remaining long side. The first hook should be aligned to the hook installed on the opposite long side. Then position the remaining two hooks at equal distances away from the middle hook. The hand holes of a big plastic bag shall use the two outside hooks while those of the small plastic bags shall use the middle hook and either one of the outside hooks.
By using a reusable bag sorter, reusing plastic and paper bags will be practiced more because the bags are sorted in a proper storage and piled in an orderly fashion. Of course, one should not forget that the best location for this improvised bin will be in the kitchen.