♻️5 Signs You’ve Become the Plastic Bag Person

It started with one. Now you’re sorting by crinkle type.

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Dan Shea
August 06, 2025

Hey, it’s Dan

In Today’s Issue:

  • We’re not crafting. We’re hoarding. Strategically.

  •  This week, I’m documenting the warning signs.

  • Because once you cross the line into “plastic bag person” territory… there’s no coming back.

  • And I should know. I have a system.

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 Eco Hustle is about getting paid to save the planet—one plastic project at a time.
Sometimes that means crocheting with Target bags.
Other times? It means recognizing that you now have 47 bags in a bag… and you think that’s normal.

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🛠 This Week’s Hustle: The 5 Signs

1. You have “good” bags and “meh” bags.

You know which store gives the soft, stretchy kind.
You pretend it’s about tensile strength.
It’s really about pride.

2. You start saving bags from other people’s houses.

You tell yourself it’s about reducing waste.
But it’s starting to feel like… resource acquisition.
(You stole a Walmart bag from your mom’s drawer. Admit it.)

3. You’re sorting by color.

 You used to just stuff them under the sink.
Now you’ve got whites, reds, and “patterned neutrals.”
You’ve become the Martha Stewart of grocery bag curation.

4. You get nervous when the stash gets low.

 You’ve started calculating projects in strips-per-bag.
You see a pile of 10 as “almost nothing.”
And yes, you’ve considered asking your neighbor if they save theirs.

5. You’ve said “It’s not trash if I use it.”

Usually while holding a crinkled bag that looks exactly like trash.
You said it out loud. You believed it.
And then you raised that thing to the sky like Simba.
Welcome to your Bag King era.

📸 Bonus Challenge:
Reply with a photo of your current stash.
I’ll post the best ones (anonymously… unless you want the glory).

One Last Tangle

This started with “I’ll save a few just in case.”
Now I have color-coded plarn and opinions about bag textures.
I’m not sorry. I’m building something weird and it’s working.
You might be too.

P.S. I Read Every Reply

 If you’ve got a stash that could fill a trunk or a sorting system that rivals a hardware store — I want to see it.
Send it over. I’m building the chaos gallery.