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Posted by Taria on August 9, 2008, 11:38 am
I have a question about using plastic bags. It seems many of you
have reusable bags that you pack you groceries in. I don't but I do
re-use the plastic grocery bags to line my trash can. (can is made to
'fit' these bags. So if you don't bring home plastic what do
you use to line your kitchen trash can with? I have asked a few
folks and it seems that they actually buy trash can liners which
seems worse than re-using grocery store bags. How do you deal
with this?
I warned you it was totally OT!
Taria
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Posted by Ginger in CA on August 9, 2008, 12:09 pm
I use my collection of canvas bags for groceries. Have for years!
There are a wide variety of sizes in my group.
When my trash can liners supply is getting low, I go back to the
plastic grocery bags when shopping, for a couple of trips, then switch
back to my canvas bags. I also use as trash can liners, bags I get
when going to Wally World, or Sears, or any shopping done.
Ginger in CA
> I have a question about using plastic bags. =A0It seems many of you
> have reusable bags that you pack you groceries in. =A0I don't but I do
> re-use the plastic grocery bags to line my trash can. =A0(can is made to
> 'fit' these bags. =A0So if you don't bring home plastic what do
> you use to line your kitchen trash can with? =A0I have asked a few
> folks and it seems that they actually buy trash can liners which
> seems worse than re-using grocery store bags. =A0How do you deal
> with this?
> I warned you it was totally OT!
> Taria
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Posted by Roberta on August 9, 2008, 1:02 pm
The system here is to use biodegradable plastic bin liners. And
occasionally I use a store bag. But nearly everything gets recycled:
glass, metal, paper, cardboard, plastic. And I have a compost pile. So
we only produce one small bag of trash per week.
Saw on TV the other day that Germany actually imports trash from other
European countries. It gets incinerated at power plants and helps
produce electricity. There's big money in garbage, and a different
attitude in some ways. We pay a very reasonable fee to have unsorted
trash collected, and we also take all the other stuff to the town's
recycling center. The town then sells the bags of sorted paper,
plastic etc. to a recycling plant, and the profit helps keep our
utilities lower.
Another interesting feature in Germany: shops are legally required to
accept whatever packaging material they used on their goods. So every
supermarket has a "packing station" near the exit with bins for paper
and for plastic. And you see people removing fruit from the plastic
trays, even taking frozen pizzas out of the cardboard boxes, so they
have less to take home.
Roberta in D
wrote:
>I have a question about using plastic bags. It seems many of you
>have reusable bags that you pack you groceries in. I don't but I do
>re-use the plastic grocery bags to line my trash can. (can is made to
>'fit' these bags. So if you don't bring home plastic what do
>you use to line your kitchen trash can with? I have asked a few
>folks and it seems that they actually buy trash can liners which
>seems worse than re-using grocery store bags. How do you deal
>with this?
>I warned you it was totally OT!
>Taria
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Posted by teleflora on August 9, 2008, 3:04 pm
I use Wal-Mart sacks in all my bathroom trashcans, but there is no way those
teeny bags are big enough for my kitchen! I have a normal, human sized
trash can but I use the larger 30 gallon trash bags because we have a
tendency to balance trash until right before it falls out. "We" also line
the counter beside the trash can with stuff like empty milk cartons, pop
bottles, etc. The bigger trash bags give me the room I need. I use bags
without built in handles for this because they are just a little bigger. I
tie them in a knot, makes them easier to carry.
As you can tell, I've delved into this quite deeply. I am the only person
in the family who apparently knows how to take out the trash.
I had a friend who used to work at a facility that made all kinds of bags.
She got them free and shared them with me. Huge. You could use them as a
body bag if you had to.
Cindy
>I have a question about using plastic bags. It seems many of you
> have reusable bags that you pack you groceries in. I don't but I do
> re-use the plastic grocery bags to line my trash can. (can is made to
> 'fit' these bags. So if you don't bring home plastic what do
> you use to line your kitchen trash can with? I have asked a few
> folks and it seems that they actually buy trash can liners which
> seems worse than re-using grocery store bags. How do you deal
> with this?
> I warned you it was totally OT!
> Taria
>
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Posted by Sandy on August 9, 2008, 6:33 pm
> I use Wal-Mart sacks in all my bathroom trashcans, but there is no way those
> teeny bags are big enough for my kitchen!
I use plastic grocery bags for my bathroom wastebaskets, too. My kitchen
can, though, has to have something a bit larger -- I think it's 8
gallons.
>I have a normal, human sized
> trash can but I use the larger 30 gallon trash bags because we have a
> tendency to balance trash until right before it falls out.
DH does this, too -- he'll do anything to keep from taking out the
trash. <G>
>"We" also line
> the counter beside the trash can with stuff like empty milk cartons, pop
> bottles, etc.
Even when the wastebasket is almost empty, DH uses any flat surface as a
receptacle for paper trash -- used paper towels, old post-it notes, etc.
Where do they get this from???
>The bigger trash bags give me the room I need. I use bags
> without built in handles for this because they are just a little bigger. I
> tie them in a knot, makes them easier to carry.
Exactly -- I do the same thing.
>
> As you can tell, I've delved into this quite deeply. I am the only person
> in the family who apparently knows how to take out the trash.
Ditto, though I should say that I don't really expect Bisou or Dexter to
do it. ;)
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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