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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: tashamjoy on June 02, 2011, 05:08:16 pm
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I went to the store recently with my mom and was shocked how much garbage bags were, like 13 dollars for 70 or 80 bags !!! I have went to friends houses where they just use grocery bags as garbage bags and I tried to convince my mom to use them but she refused, so I was wondering do you guys use garbage bags? I could go without them
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I occasionally buy garbage bags, but usually just use ones from grocery stores. But I will say when I have the actual garbage bags everything is much easier.
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I haven't bought any garbage bags for a while now. I do have a box of garbage bags that I use for my empty soda cans. Then, I have grocery bags that I collect after each grocery shopping trip. I use them for my garbage and then, I take it outside to the bigger trash can.
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i use plastic bags for my small garbage cans.....they seem to work fine for sure....but if you have a bigger can, might not be an option...then again, maybe it will convince people to by smaller cans and have less waste (or just more trips).... :P
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I use smaller bags, for scraps and cleaning up behind the puppy, and put it all in a big trash bag, we do not have trash pick up here we have to haul it all ourself, makes for less mess if thing are double bagged.
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Yeah garabge bags are way easier but I dont think i wil be spending 13 dollars for them, i have used grocery bags from the store and not even put them in garbage bags just hanging in the kitchen not much of a hassle for me, saves me money and i do not mind it that way
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i use regular garbage bags for the kitchen trash can,
but i save grocery/shopping bags for the smaller
bathroom and bedroom garbage.
i usually buy mine at walmart and they have pretty
good deals on them. around $2 to $3 for 30 or 40
bags, which lasts longer than a month here.
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I use the reusables around the smaller trash cans
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Yes I use Hefty garbage bags. They are strong.
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I wish I didn't have to use garbage bags! I had to buy some today and it always makes me sick at paying that just to put trash in them. But... we have way to much garbage not to use garbage bags. Grocery bags would never do it for my family.
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We have garbage bags but we only use them for the kitchen garbage can. Everywhere else in the house we use old grocery bags.
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I use both. Garbage bags are used in the kitchen mainly, but I'm careful not to waste the bags either. For bathroom & bedroom trash we use the plastic bags from WalMart, Walgreens, Dollar General, etc. Even these bags can be re-used if there wasn't anything really gross put in them. (Like if it's just paper trash then they get emptied into another bag so that the least amount of bags get used each time.) We've even used the paper bags from places like Crest, Homeland, etc.
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I use tall kitchen bags for the kitchen, and grocery bags for the bath and bedroom. I usually fit the grocery bags in the kitchen bags.
This is a weird topic. So it's appropriate that I respond.
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If you have a small family the store bags is a good idea. I have five people in my family I need thee garbage bags. I purchased the garbage bags at Sam Club for 90 for about $16.00.
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I usually use the small garbage bags for the kitchen, but the grocery bags for the other smaller cans around the house. For recycling stuff, we can just throw everything in the bin without having to bag items separately. However I still use the paper grocery bags to bag my newspapers. For any yard waste, I always use thick garbage bags, even though they tend to be more expense than regular, thinner bags; even small stems from weeds can puncture thin walled bags, and once they're punctured, they usually deteriorate quickly. The yard waste I can haul myself to a local compost site. At the compost site, I have to remove the waste out of the bags, so the thick bags are also beneficial in that I can reuse them if they are still in good condition; the thin bags, however, I never seemed able to reuse.
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I don't create a lot of trash because I live alone, but my one splurge item is garbage bags. I buy Hefty. I love the handle ties without those little twist things because I never use those things anyway. My mother used to buy those thin cheap garbage bags that were worthless because they always tore. I never understood why she did that. :)
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For the kitchen we do. Every other trash can, we just use bags from the grocery store.
Question though, for people who aren't using garbage bags in your kitchen... what are you using? Kitchen trash is so gross, I can't imagine not using one.
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I rarely buy garbage vags, I mostly use the grocery bags.
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I use the plastic grocery bags for all of our trash cans.
Any extra plastic bags I accumulate, I take to my job. We
use a LOT there.
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I do use garbage bags. We live in a rural area where we have to take our trash to the waste/ recycle center so I buy the larger trash bags...35 gallon NOT usually Hefty they are too expensive...and I buy the 13 gallon also (usually the dollar tree brand)....for small wastebaskets I just use grocery store/walmart plastic bags.
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I use 13 gallon garbage bags for the kitchen & i re-use grocery bags for the smaller garbage cans in the bedrooms & bathroom.
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I use the grocery ones for my kitchen and waste baskets in other rooms. I use the paper grocery ones for my newspapers, junk mail and shredded mail, recyclable cans, glass and plastic.
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we buy garbage bags in wholesale shops and i use grocery bags in bathrooms
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Wow...$13?!...Well, ever since I started recycling I haven't had as much garbage, therefore I use a smaller garbage can. And since I have less bulk I use cheaper garbage bags.
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i tend to use both . i use garbage bags in the kitchen and shopping bags in the smaller trashcans like in the bathroom and bedrooms. i buy what ever is the cheapest in the store.
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heck yeah i would do away with garbage bags if i could. right now im using grocery bags for my recyclables so they dont go in the garbage and i can save on garbage bag like hard core.
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Yes, I definitely use trash bags...the GOOD ones for the kitchen at least, as you don't want to be stuck with a flimsy bag for the contents of that haul. Sure they're pricey I guess, but they are basically a necessity.
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I shop online every month. I always find what I need. ....and I don't get tired feet or a sore back and come home empty handed.(not finding what I want/need). I get my garbage bags from Drugstore - Rite Aid. Their price is reasonable. $3 for 60 bags. Hardware stores online sometimes have a deal. I shop a general search for the best price for the things I buy. I just have paper garbage. I use the grocery store bags for food garbage and dispose of it right away to keep ants out of my apartment.
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yes i do..
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yes, i'd go crazy if i used grocery bags. I don't like to have to take the trash out everytime i turn around.
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I do just because the trash company won't take the trash if it is not in a trash bag.
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no......i just throw my trash all over the floor ::)
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I always use grocery bags in the bathroom garbage cans and in the car. I do buy garbage bags for the kitchen. It's funny IMO, that my mom went to the grocery store once and the cashier gave her a hard time for getting plastic instead of buying one of their bags that would probably break after a few times. My mom retorted something like this, "So, you want me to buy a bag for groceries, but expect me to turn around and destroy the environment even further by using bigger, thicker garbage bags instead of these grocery bags for garbage?" Seriously, I think that it's better to do paper or plastic than buy cloth grocery bags that don't stand the test of time and end up in the land fill anyway.
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Yes i use garbage bags for the kitchen garbage can. But for the smaller cans in the bedroom and bathroom i use shopping bags. I just bought a box of garbage bags the other day for $4 but they were the smaller ones by accident -_-. Out here you have to put your garbage in a city approved blue bag. You have to buy them special and they are about $9 for 5 of them. So no matter if you use the big bags or the small bags it has to end up in the blue bag for it to be collected....Yes i know my taxs dollars hard at work there lol.
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yes use black ones and white kitchen garbage bags .
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Yes, we buy garbage bags for our kitchen and lawn stuff. I use grocery store plastic bags for all the smaller trash cans in the house though.
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$13 for 70-80 bags? that is expensive! anyway, yeah, I still use garbage bags, but I have those grocery bags so I use them too.
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I use garbage bags for household needs, that's about all There good for.
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I use garbage bags and grocery bags... though this is a great idea! I have soooooooooooooo many grocery bags stockpiled!
thanks for the tip!
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It's mandatory in my area to have garbage bags.
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I use garbage bags when I can afford them, but mostly we just use the ones from the grocery store. My only complaint is that they are so small that they fill up quick. I live in a house with four people so we trash, it's really annoying that we have to keep changing the trash bags.
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we only use garbage bags for our main garbage in the kitchen
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of course we use garbage bags...plastic bags from the grocery store for the bathrooms