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Kitchen recycling tip: Cereal box liners
Fri, Dec 05 2008 at 11:32 AM
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Chances are by now, you’ve gotten good at recycling the easy stuff in your kitchen - glass, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles. Those aren’t the only things that are reusable or recyclable in your kitchen. Many of the things are. The liners from cereal boxes are one of them. Instead of just throwing them in the trash, save them and use them at least one more time before they hit the trashcan.
 
  • Cut them along the seems, and they turn into rectangles that you can use much like wax paper. You can roll out cookie or pie dough beneath them or place them between pre-shaped burgers before freezing just like you would wax paper.
  • Use them as a disposal bag for dirty diapers.
  • Instead of using a Ziploc bag when you’re making a shake and bake type item, shake your food in a cereal box liner.
  • Crush crackers or nuts in them.
  • When you are cleaning up after your dog or scooping out the cat liter, these liners will do the trick.
  • Put sandwiches and wraps in them when you’re brown bagging it.
  • When you’re dipping strawberries or pretzels in chocolate, place them on the cereal bag liners while the chocolate hardens.
I’ve seen suggestions to use them in the microwave to cook hotdogs in or cover food so it doesn’t splatter, but these liners are plastic. I have gotten away from heating up food in anything plastic. Plastics contain chemicals, and it is easier for the chemicals to leech into foods and beverages when the plastic gets heated.
 
Cereal box liners are usually made of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), the #2 plastic when comes to recycling. That means that most curbside recycling programs that take #2 plastics will take cereal box liners. Double check with your community’s recycling rules before adding them to your recyclables.

Do you have any suggestions for reusing/recycling cereal box liners? 

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anonymous
Hey Nov 28 2012 at 5:41 PM

I read you can include them in the recycle bins at the stores. Typically with the grocery bags drop off points

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margarett May 25 2011 at 1:46 PM

I use mine to store food in, as a replacement for ziploc baggies!

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Margaret Dec 14 2010 at 7:24 PM

store bananas in them other fruits & veggies also. Keeps them fresh longer.

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mary swanger Nov 18 2010 at 9:37 PM

these liners can be used for tracing patterns and creating iron-on patterns, great for beaders and crafters who use a glue gun as glue can be peeled right off and reused. something to think about. I save all mine.

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GreenErinF Jun 03 2009 at 11:41 AM

Thanks, Robin. I never thought of these other uses for the cereal liners. Smart. I particularly like the one about using them like wax paper when rolling things out (could have used that last night for dinner!). I also didn't know that they were possibly recycleable. I'll check into that.

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Doris Jul 01 2010 at 12:22 PM

Great ideas, I baked a cake last night and could of used it for the bottom of the pan. Think I will next time Robin. Thanks

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jocelyn Aug 30 2010 at 9:28 AM

Don't bake with the bags, even when using as waxed paper

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Terra the Reuser Jun 02 2009 at 3:13 PM

I'm glad you mentioned double checking with the recycling rules, because most programs will not take film type plastics, even if they are made of the same type of plastic (HDPE) as other items (bottles) that are acceptable. You've included some great reuse options and reusing is better than recycling, if possible.

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