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lks
September 7, 2018
Love the Tubelor cans with hide-a-bag design and cool colors. not for kitchen but great in lots of other places. theres a mini size too.
Sara K.
August 26, 2018
I'm using compostable garbage can liner bags and compost bin bags now. Feel much better about not using standard plastic any more.
Smaug
August 20, 2018
Tall trash can liners are certainly easy to find, but small and medium sure aren't; I can only get Safeway brand in boxes of 20, and they're always running out. Meanwhile you can get whatever you want in tall; unfortunately, a medium will easily hold two weeks of kitchen trash for me. I suppose people feel they're getting more with "tall", and they are- more plastic to go into the landfill. I use a "can" that I made myself- it's been there 20 years and should easily be good for another 20.
RSmith
August 21, 2018
What size is medium to you? I swear by the Costco 13 gal ones (which, admittedly, even though it's the main garbage can for my apartment, I don't fill - I often end up having to change it for smell reasons before I'd have to change it for capacity reasons) and I can see that Target sells the 8 gal in packs of 60. You really only need to find one place that sells them, and then buy in bulk, anyways.
RSmith
August 21, 2018
Also, gently, maybe you're using more bags than you realize? A 20-pack would last almost a year if you changed it every other week, which doesn't quite square with "always running out."
Smaug
August 21, 2018
Medium to me means it says "med." on the box- they are indeed 8 gallons. My Target didn't have them in any size box when I checked- I haven't seen them or the small size anywhere in boxes larger than 20, whereas the "tall" bags can be had in any size box, and all kinds of variety as far as strength, method of closure, "odor free" types, etc. It's the Safeway that always runs out, not me. I change them twice a week because there's only so long I'll keep garbage around the kitchen, though I rarely put anything in there that's going to rot.
Nancy M.
August 20, 2018
My daughter and son-in-law have one of these. I used it a lot this summer when I stayed with them for 3 weeks after their baby was born. I would never have imagined that throwing trash in a can could be an esthetic and physical pleasure but that’s what it was.
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