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15 Super-Practical Reuses for Paper Grocery Bags

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Just as how plastic grocery bags have many amazing reuses if you have a whole bunch of them stocked up in your home, the same goes for their papery counterparts as well.

Paper grocery bags are pretty super-useful no matter what size they come in. You can use small paper grocery bags to make paper luminaries for your next outdoor party, microwave your leftover popcorn kernels, or to speed up the ripening process for your unripe apples, avocados, mangoes, and other fruits.

Larger paper grocery bags can be used to store your recyclables, cover your text books, or make a last-minute emergency envelope if you need to mail some large documents. At the very least, your large paper grocery bags can be reused at least a couple of times for... carrying your groceries for your next supermarket visit. Who would have thought?

Got your own awesome reuse ideas for paper grocery bags? Share with us by commenting below!

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