Save me from my Amazon gift bags

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I have about 10000000 (ok, about 20 but they're taking over the wrapping drawer). Those organza drawstring ones. They ought to be Useful so I've kept them but actually I don't tend to use them for gifts as everyone knows they're from A. So what do I do with them? Failing any useful purpose, do they recycle as textiles? I'm sure someone has cracked this - give me your ideas please!

Put them on Gumtree?? People will snap up anything free on Gumtree.

Why does it matter if people know they are from amazon when it comes to reusing them.
I think they are great

I used mine to gift things and also to send stuff to charity shop in.

How do people know they are from Amazon, does it say on them? I only ever get masses of brown paper in my packages.

But I often use those bags to keep knitting projects together so someone out there will definitely find them useful.

I used ours to pack away Christmas decorations.

We’ve switched to using them to cut down on wrapping, so presents to each other go in them so they can be reused in the house/family, also tell friends the same so they can Re use them.

Charity shops

I've never had an organza drawstring bag from Amazon (everything comes in jiffy bags or card) but I get my wool delivered in them and find them very useful so I'm sure someone will take them off your hands.

I’ve never had one. Do you only get them if you pay for the gift to be gift wrapped?

As others have said they’ll get snapped up in a charity shop or online selling.

I use organza gift bags for knitting/crochet projects, storing balls of Wool, & other odd things (kids toys like Lego kits) and small bits when I’m travelling or just in my every day bag.

I take the small ones to the supermarket for loose fruit and veg

Good suggestions, thank you!

We do have an internal family tradition of using them to cut down on wrapping- but I only need one for that. Charity shop and a couple of craft bags for the others I think

What sort of things are coming from Amazon in them?

I don't think that 'everyone knows they're from A(mazon?)' because I get quite a lot from Amazon and I have no idea what you are on about.

Anyway, we should be promoting the idea of using recycled materials as gift wrapping for the sake the planet.

They're what Amazon gift wraps in.

I have decided that next Christmas I will use my small pile for immediate family (to make sure they stay in the house). As time goes on I expect the pile to increase.

If you select gift wrap and get something sent to someone as a gift, they come in an organza drawstring bag with shiny dots. Rather nice actually - but I seem to have a lot of people sending my kids their gifts via Amaxon and have exhausted my storage and reuse capacity!

Ah, we've never had anything gift wrapped, so I didn't know about this.

I love them. Use them at birthdays to cut down on wrapping paper waste.

How big are they?

When I order wool it comes in an organza bag - I send them to Woolly
Hugs.

I'm pretty sure that Woolly Hugs (charity knitting and crocheting group set up by Mumsnetters) uses them.

Oooh mine didn't have dits, all green but very nice, can you get different sizes as ours was huge but will be reused

X-post with SoupDragon.

I would see if you have a local facebook group for environmental/eco issues. Someone on there will snap them up. You will need to explain what they are used for though as it won't be obivous!

I'll buy them off you! I love them!