Garbage bags

Posted by Ringo23 (79 days ago)

I've always used my day pack for carrying groceries and the like with the occasional need for an extra plastic bag from the supermarket.
These plastic bags were always recycled as garbage bags in my kitchen - 1 or 2 per week, which is how many I'd use from the supermarket.
Always seemed a good balance to me and fairly "green".

Now, since the supermarkets have gone "green", I can't do that. Not only is it the withering stare and haughty tones of the cashier as she says, "What? You need a PLASTIC BAG?", then the stares from concerned shoppers...'Stay away from him, kids, he's killing the planet', but at a dollar a pop for a bag I reckon it's about time I actually buy some garbage bags.
I suppose I could just throw my crud out of the window but I like to think I'm a nice guy.

So.
What is a good grade of "green" garbage bag available from the local PNS or Wellcome?
Fairly robust and small as I don't produce lots of waste and I don't want it hanging around my kitchen for 6 weeks whilst I fill it.

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Posted by axptguy38 (78 days ago)

I have been very unhappy with anything found in PnS or Wellcome. I now buy garbage bags from Gateway (the "American" store in Sheung Wan). They are far sturdier, meaning no constants smelly leaks into the bottom of the dustbin like the "local" variants.

Posted by Ringo23 (78 days ago)

As a Sai Kunger, that option is a bit far out of the way.
Perhaps I'll resort to burgling the store after hours and grabbing as many as they have.

Thanks for the reply though.

Posted by axptguy38 (77 days ago)

Yes I see. You could buy up a few months' supply I guess...

Posted by sistim (76 days ago)

Have found the biodegradable ones that P & S sells by the roll to be fine & they come in 2 different sizes.

Posted by Applepup (66 days ago)

If you can get to ThreeSixty, they sell BioBag which is 100% biodegradable and 100% compostable, as in they will revert to soil. P&S checkout ones, although labelled as "biodegradable" really aren't, they are only "degradable" as they are still part plastic, which means they eventually might break into smaller pieces of plastic if exposed to the elements for ages, which they won't be anyway as they will be in landfill.

Posted by axptguy38 (66 days ago)

Actually there is such a thing about biodegradable plastic. I'm not a chemist but as I understand it the molecular bonds break down until what is left can be eaten by bacteria. There may even be actual plastic-consuming bacteria, although this has not been confirmed. These would have developed in the same way as nylon-eating bacteria.

However, biodegradable plastic needs the right conditions. Some require higher than ambient temperatures while composting.