25 Uses For A Black Trash Bag
By: Scott Robertson Posted On: 2010-07-06These are ideas, mostly found around the web. If you have ideas to add to this list, please leave them as comments below.
- Poncho
- Trash Bag
- tarp
- Shelter (tube tent, lkean to, or even like a tarp folded over a rope to make upside down “v”)
- Stuff Sack
- Keep sleeping bag dry (stuff sleeping bag inside of trash bag)
- Make a clean or protective suite
- Table Cloth (cut flat and lay on table)
- Washing Machine (put some cloth in bag, with some water and soap. Sit in sun to warm up. Shake up and work contents. Drain, rinse …)
- Keep firewood dry
- Keep hanging cloths clean (poke top of hanger through bag, and leave rest of bag covering contents … hang from tent, tree, etc)
- Pack cover
- Cut in to strips and twist into rope
- Protect a cast or wound
- Fill with leaves, pine needles, grass, etc to create a blanket or fill fuler of the soft stuff to make a mattress
- Water still
- Store water or snow
- Bear Bag
- Emergency patch (cut out size you need and duct tape to hole)
- Laundry Hamper
- Cut up or fold into ground to air signals
- Attach to a pole to create a flag
- Toy / Gear organizer
- Wrapping Paper
- Cut up into strips and weave into a useful gadget