2020-05-22T13:53:30Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/not-everyone-does-thistag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/798/30912020-05-22T13:53:30ZSursumCorda<p>Right. It all depends on what it's being used for. <em>Sous vide</em> generally gets new or close-to-new bags, to minimize the chance of leaking. If the food is unmarinated or there's no oil in the marinade, I will wash and reuse the bag, otherwise it's generally too hard to clean and gets tossed. I reuse raw-meat bags until they wear out, because I label them by type and keep them in the freezer—chicken always goes in chicken bags, bacon in bacon bags, etc. I also keep non-food and food bags separate. Food bags can become non-food bags, but not vice versa.</p> <p>Mostly, however, I just hand wash and reuse a bag until it has been used for something I don't want to deal with washing, or it wears out. Then I throw it away with very little guilt. I'm much the same way with parchment paper, which can do cookies many times over, but freely gets tossed when it's messy.</p> <p>You wouldn't believe how much easier the process is with the <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/pressa-hanging-dryer-with-16-clothes-clips-turquoise-10421217/" rel="nofollow noopener">handy IKEA dryer</a> that hangs near the sink.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/798/30902020-05-22T13:25:25Zdstb<p>Ziploc bags. Depends on what was in them and how difficult it would be to clean them. Anything with raw meat. No. I throw away. (At some point aren't you wasting more resources than you are saving?)</p> <p>If they held something like snack food - pretzels, for example - I rinse them out and then put them in a place where I can use them for a non-food purpose - holding game pieces, for example.</p>