I've pretty much always used the Glad wave top bin liners but they are honestly not very good. However, I tried the Glad Tuff Stuff - ForceFlex when they went on special and they are probably the best I've used.
So, are there better bags out there and what do you use?
Also, while I do try to compost, there's sometimes just too much and it needs to go into the bin, plus whatever can't be recycled.
Costco Kirkland branded ones
I only just ran out of the grey bags from colesworth last month, just shy of 4 years since they stopped supplying them.
Goliath from ALDI
I think I use these too. I've never had an issue, but I also have very little rubbish so I end up with just one 27L a week.
I will have a look at these too, thanks!
I've been using Glad wave top. Got quite a lot to go through. They seem fine to me, I just have little bins so not a lot of weight, if that's the issue.
Hate the wavetops, accidentally bought them once and cant wait to get rid of them. Why would you want a bin bag without handles??
I just tie a knot lol. Doesn't bother me
but the waves are so thin and flimsy to tie knots with. Handles are just so much better.
First I reuse any plastic bag I have that is not specifically reusable, so the butcher and veggie bags.
Once I am out of these I use the Aldi bags I have in the cupboard.
This. Usually a bread bag for me.
I reuse the bread bags as freezer bags.
I use them for loads of things because they’re so good, but sometimes I end up with too many and have a stash of about 5-10 sitting there for ages, or they’ve been through the freezer and had something in it that I can’t reuse again for food.
Never bought garbage bags in my life lol…just use plastic bags that you get from everyday purchases
Exactly it’ll become garbage, better to down cycle those shopping bags, than pay money for bin bags/liners that goes straight into the bin…
Kirkland Signature Kitchen Drawstring Bags, from Costco. They seem to fit in place of Simplehuman J size bags for a fraction of the cost.
Oh I might have a look at these
Another Simplehuman bin owner?? Honestly, they’re worth the money
Bin worth the money, bags definitely not. They’re no better than the Costco ones. But I think that’s their model, like the razor handle and its blades. Make profit back on the consumable.
I just use cardboard boxes from Amazon/fruit boxes my husband brings home from work. For wet rubbish I'll use those fruit plastic bags or my formula cans lol
Used to be free bags from shopping. But now they make us pay for bags.
Yea I use grocery bags when I have them but this is more for the large bins 34L +
If you are prepared to wash your bin once or so a week, you dont need a bag at all.
However, i have a compost pile so my rubbish is basically dry (non recyclable packaging on the whole) plus some scraps of meat. Still completely doable for everyone else (assuming you live in a house and have your own rubbish bin) and, yes, you probably need to give your outdoor green bin a wash 2 or 3 times per year.
Doesn't work when the country is in drought though.
(Which is obviously not right now!)
The cheapest per unit at the time.
I use a smaller bin & make a point to take it out more often, means I never have to deal with the smell & it never gets heavy/overfull so using the thin cheap bags is no issue.
Plastic clothes recycling bags that are stuffed in the letterbox.
Aldi.
If you're able to, get onto the composting side of things (check with your council, most provide compost caddys for free if you have garden waste/organics bin).
We barely go through 1x medium sized bag a week due to composting + Red Cycle, apart from recycling and e-waste disposal.
Coles shopping bags