Plastic bags are something that we all have lying around. Most of these bags can be recycled, and you can even do it yourself at home. In this project, I am going to show you how to fuse plastic bags together to make thick sheets of plastic that you can use in your craft projects.
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Recycle Plastic Bags Into Usable Plastic Sheets
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Steps
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Step #1: Acquire a Lot of Plastic Bags
- The first thing that you need to do is acquire a lot of plastic bags. In this project, I used a total of 64 plastic grocery bags. It took quite a while to collect this many; every time I went to the grocery store I just saved the bags and kept them in my pantry.
- All the bags need to be clean and dry. If there is any food residue on a bag, you can't use it. If the bags have any water on them, let them thoroughly dry out before storing them.
- The bags that I used were "High-Density Polyethylene" (HDPE). This is the standard in most American grocery stores. "Low-Density Polyethylene" bags can also work, but be aware that they have a much lower melting point.
- It doesn't matter where you get the bags from. Different stores may use different color bags, but as long as they are made of the same kind of plastic, it will work.