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Squinch

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37. For garbage, you can use the paper bags if that is what the grocery store is giving now.

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 07:08 PM

Mar 2014

When throwing it out, you keep a cheap skein of jute in the kitchen drawer and a pair of scissors. Fold over the tops of the bag and tie a string around it so it's sealed for the trash chute or the outside garbage can. It doesn't really take any more time than tying up the top of a kitchen trash bag.

For those things that you really need a plastic bag for, you can get biodgradable plastic-y bags on Amazon. It is hard to tell the difference between them and other plastic bags, except that after a year or two the seams start to split.

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help me out - how do can i manage without plastic bags? [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 OP

You didn't buy them before? Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #1

Those bags have never been single-use in my household. JimDandy Mar 2014 #5

rarely- i accumulated enough ralphs, vons, etc bags to handle most garbage Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #6

On the blackmarket Politicalboi Mar 2014 #2

Valencia (SC Valley) still allows plastic bags Lebam in LA Mar 2014 #3

Garbage used to be wrapped in the daily newspaper Warpy Mar 2014 #4

Very few have a daily newspaper any more, Warpy Demeter Mar 2014 #16

I know. Maybe banning plastic bags Warpy Mar 2014 #22

We had a concrete incinerator in our back yard Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #56

the pet section of the store now sells role of mini disposer bags librechik Mar 2014 #7

Another reason why hemp should be legal B Calm Mar 2014 #8

I got a Litter Genie REP Mar 2014 #9

Is that kind of like a diaper genie for catbox scoopings? n/t winter is coming Mar 2014 #17

I don't know what a diaper genie is REP Mar 2014 #19

Think of something that looks like a cylindrical plastic kitchen trash can, with a snug lid. winter is coming Mar 2014 #24

A little less gross REP Mar 2014 #49

BioBags -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2014 #10

That's what I was going to suggest. laundry_queen Mar 2014 #78

I think you can think if something. upaloopa Mar 2014 #11

you can easily buy them , but if you don't want to pay and it's a real issue for you JI7 Mar 2014 #12

Does this help? Raine1967 Mar 2014 #13

Prior to the ban here in Portland... Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #14

Wondering how many barrels of oil are used per year to make B Calm Mar 2014 #15

want mine? tabbycat31 Mar 2014 #18

We keep all sorts of bags for litter-scooping and other trash: bread bags, inner petronius Mar 2014 #20

LA has banned plastic bags? MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #21

not a total ban, but now people have to bring their own reusable or pay for paper bags JI7 Mar 2014 #23

Man, I don't know how people can live out there MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #26

warm weather, beaches JI7 Mar 2014 #29

Because plastic bags are the indicator of the good life? Squinch Mar 2014 #38

No MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #67

I'd guess a lot of people believe their own conveniences LanternWaste Mar 2014 #68

Yep, most do MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #69

You have indicated distaste for a number of progressive measures. Squinch Mar 2014 #82

Not true MO_Moderate Mar 2014 #83

Because your liberty trumps all. We get it. Squinch Mar 2014 #84

Yeah man, plastic bags are awesome! Lex Mar 2014 #46

i've had the same stash of paper bags for my recycleables for years... dionysus Mar 2014 #60

They've been banned up in the Bay Area for years REP Mar 2014 #50

I buy kitty waste bags at Dollar Tree. Box of 40 for $1.00. Sometimes in rolls too. Paper Roses Mar 2014 #25

I would like to see a ban also marions ghost Mar 2014 #34

Shop outside the LA Area. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2014 #27

buy bio-degradable doggy (kitty) bags. hlthe2b Mar 2014 #28

thanks for the tip Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #31

Ask for brown paper bags? Lex Mar 2014 #30

Buy a reusable bag sakabatou Mar 2014 #32

I find that there are still a lot of plastic bags coming my way Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #33

Good point. nt Lex Mar 2014 #44

Yes, also produce bags n/t Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #48

I feel your pain. zappaman Mar 2014 #35

Use litter box liners. 840high Mar 2014 #58

OH, I feel for you there laundry_queen Mar 2014 #79

I take the kitty litter box outside and dumb it directly in our big garbage can tandot Mar 2014 #36

dumping unbagged garbage into dumpster not allowed in condo complex Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #40

Oh boy ... that makes it more difficult. tandot Mar 2014 #47

Then dump it under your car Orrex Mar 2014 #71

Ah, the joys of reading too fast. 3catwoman3 Mar 2014 #54

that can be wicked smelly if its loose in the can during the summer! dionysus Mar 2014 #61

we usually dump it shortly before trash pick-up and add baking soda tandot Mar 2014 #65

For garbage, you can use the paper bags if that is what the grocery store is giving now. Squinch Mar 2014 #37

thnk u Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #42

Any time! Squinch Mar 2014 #45

Re-use the bags that the kitty litter comes in... countryjake Mar 2014 #39

excellent tips! hadnt thought of that Liberal_in_LA Mar 2014 #41

we don't get the newspaper anymore but we still get Phentex Mar 2014 #74

We've had a ban for a couple of years in Montgomery County, MD LiberalEsto Mar 2014 #43

Try EBAY. Search for.. 'cheap check out plastic bags.' pangaia Mar 2014 #51

http://www.storesupply.com/pc-13204-623-plastic-thank-you-bags-white-90109.aspx Travis_0004 Mar 2014 #52

We've already been having to do this for several months here in SLO. Cleita Mar 2014 #53

We bought a really big box of what they call "t shirt bags" Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #55

We have a ban in Seattle, too. yewberry Mar 2014 #57

I used to live where I had a compost heap and a garden, kentauros Mar 2014 #62

small sized trashcan bags from the supermarket? thats what i use. dionysus Mar 2014 #59

I bought a couple of these re-usable trash bags for my garbage kentauros Mar 2014 #63

Buy some litter in the tall square plastic bins..with the tight snap on lids SoCalDem Mar 2014 #64

Yup. That's what I do, too. MineralMan Mar 2014 #70

I use brown paper supermarket bags for my recycle bin. CTyankee Mar 2014 #66

Can you compost? roody Mar 2014 #72

They're not banned in the produce department are they? Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #73

"help me out - how do can i manage without plastic bags?" NCTraveler Mar 2014 #75

Buy your own. MineralMan Mar 2014 #76

South Pasadena still has 'em n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2014 #77

They are called t-shirt carry out bags �because of their appearance. Tikki Mar 2014 #80

Seattle banned them two years ago AgingAmerican Mar 2014 #81