Help Us Repurpose Our Mylar Bags
This is a mylar bag which once contained our vacuum-packed Brazil Daterra. Vacuum-packing green coffee at country of origin preserves freshness and locks in all the goodness, ensuring coffee remains airtight until the beans are
roasted, which can be a bit after they arrive at port and then at our Roastery.
The picture below details how the vacuum-packed bags appear when filled with coffee. There's no room for air in there.
There are two bag sizes (pictured) - one holds 25 pounds and the other 75 pounds of greens.
These bags are great for preserving freshness, but they are not recyclable. We give away our traditional biodegradable jute bags to customers who enjoy using them for various purposes, such as making handmade bags or landscaping.
Do you have a superb idea about how to reuse our bags? Should we make some kites and fly them out in the fields next to our Roastery? Can you use these for a craft project at your school? Do you need some reflective material for a household project?
We're interested in your ideas and will happily give these away if you can creatively repurpose them & pick them up in Ithaca.
There are two bag sizes (pictured) - one holds 25 pounds and the other 75 pounds of greens.These bags are great for preserving freshness, but they are not recyclable. We give away our traditional biodegradable jute bags to customers who enjoy using them for various purposes, such as making handmade bags or landscaping.Do you have a superb idea about how to reuse our bags? Should we make some kites and fly them out in the fields next to our Roastery? Can you use these for a craft project at your school? Do you need some reflective material for a household project?
We're interested in your ideas and will happily give these away if you can creatively repurpose them & pick them up in Ithaca.
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Chad Sheridan Mar 18, 2009 – 11:40 PM
You can offer them to home coffee roasters that could then use them to store their green coffee (assuming they have a vacuum sealer).
Maudie Shah Mar 19, 2009 – 1:30 PM
I have had great luck growing vegetables out of bag containers, including woven plastic sand bags and canvas bags. I bet if you tore a couple of holes in the bottom of your big Mylar bags and filled them with potting soil, these would be great for that purpose too! You can see some of my veggies from last year's garden growing in my plastic sandbag containers here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11022872@N06/2458207958/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11022872@N06/2458207832/
If you want to send me some of your bags, I can try my hand and growing some veggies in them this year and send you the photos, including a photo tour of how to build the container so it stands properly on one end.
David McKinley Mar 19, 2009 – 1:36 PM
How about if they are turned into re-usable RAIN PROOF costumes for people to wear to Ithaca Fest™?
(I'm kidding...my real suggestion is to use them as inspiration for tasteless jokes.)
Erin Mar 19, 2009 – 4:19 PM
I actually think a robot contingent in the Ithaca Parade is past due.
Crafting is great - anyone know any elementary school teachers?
andrew Lunn Mar 19, 2009 – 8:18 PM
when i used to work for an afterschool program we had great sack races with the kids
Jody Milano Mar 20, 2009 – 9:56 AM
Try contacting the NY Roadrunner's Club or other running clubs that sponsor road races, marathons, etc. They give mylar 'blankets' to runners at the end of races to keep them from losing body heat.
Jeff Mar 23, 2009 – 1:16 PM
How many of those big bags do you have? I know an orchard/nursery owner who could use the bags to ship rootstocks. Shipping season is right now!
Megan Romer Mar 24, 2009 – 11:34 AM
What about turning them into yarn (a la "plarn" - http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/06/19/yearn-worthy-yarn-plarn/) and knitting or crocheting them into grocery bags? It's murder on the hands, but makes a gorgeous and practically indestructable bag.
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Nikki Oct 20, 2009 – 4:58 PM
This may be late, but if you are crafty/sewy you can use them to line reusable snack/sandwich bags, or to line reusable sandwich wrap.
karen smith Feb 22, 2010 – 10:25 AM
I am working on making bags/totes of mylar coffee bags that friends have saved for me. Your bags would be wonderful as they are larger than the normal mylar bag that holds coffee beans. I don't live anywhere near Ithaca but I'd love to get some of these. Any chance you could mail them? I'd be happy to pay for shipping postage! Or maybe I can get an Ithaca College student to come by and pick them up?
Christian Giesek Jun 28, 2010 – 12:35 PM
I can repurpose any and all the Mylar bags that you have for water proofing and vacuum sealing supplies for scouting trips. This would help a lot. If you could ship the items I would pay for shipping,
Thanks
Christian
Dallas Texas