My grandmother always kept the plastic bags from the comics to put small things there (needles, buttons). She always had plastic bags in the house. She would pass me dried fruits, nuts, dried crackers, or money in them. This was convenient because I took to work what she passed and ate them during the working day, for me, it was like chips. Everyone complains that plastic bags are harmful to the environment, but many don't take into account the fact that with them much easier in everyday life. You can wrap anything in polyethylene, from food to furniture. When I make repairs, I constantly order polyethylene rolls on interplas.com. I don't know what could replace them.