Rather than throwing them out you can reuse them by crocheting them into multi purpose mats known as plarn plastic yarn.
How to make plarn mats for the homeless.
In particular plarn can be used as sleeping mats for people without access to shelter.
Plarn is constructed from the plastic bags and will be used just as one would use yarn in knitting or crocheting.
Plarn is simply yarn made from plastic bags and it s been around for a long time although it keeps being re discovered by the mainstream media apparently.
Some group is making plarn sleeping mats for the homeless.
Every now and then i see the same news articles coming around again.
Plarn is the yarn also called plastic yarn that you will use to knit or crochet the plastic mat.