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Not a particularly green way I must admit, but I use the excess bags (I probable get 6 a month) in place of bin liners for non-recyclable rubbish. I doubt if the bags themselves are decomposable so I doubt if there is a wholly green way of disposing of them.

I don't think the loft insulation is a good idea as birds have a tendency to nest in lofts and I don't think shredded bits of plastic bags would do them any good.
El Loro
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in place of bin liners for non-recyclable rubbish
I've often considered this. It's a bit of a moral maze TBH. Somewhere between the fact that they are a charity and I can't bring myself to use 'em as rubbish bags, and the fact that I didn't ask for them and it's a really naff ecologically unsound  way of getting donations, lies the answer.
Garage Joe
Just to complicate matters further, a little quastion to ponder on. What do the charities do with the plastic bags they have received back with clothes in? I doubt if they distribute them out again as the bags we get always look new.

I've just looked at my collection of unused bags and seen the following:
2 say that if you leave the empty bag out they will collect it anyway
1 says that if you put it in a post box, it will be sent back to the charity (though I doubt if Royal Mail would be too happy if everybody put their bags in post boxes)
1 says that if you can't use it, the bag can be recycled
5 say nothing

So there is quite a wide range of possibilities but no consistency, and how many people are going to take the time to read every bag?
El Loro

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