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Originally Posted by CFrance
Can liner... that's the part I don't like. Our neighbor in Michigan did this. First their trash went into a kitchen plastic bag, which then went into a huge trash can liner bag. All because they didn't want to have to clean their trash can, which was only filled with plastic bags anyway. Those huge can liners were much thicker than normal trash bags and just added more to the landfill.
If we have a mess of bones or fish carcass, we put it in reusable Snapware and freeze it till trash day. As there are just the two of us, we've never had to store a bag in the garage.
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We never do it that way. Our outdoor can is primarily for yard waste. I weed the flower beds a couple times every month, we trim the shrubs, etc. etc. We also put anything that would otherwise stink up the house in the can. The can sits in the carport, being slowly filled up, until it's almost full. MEANWHILE, we still do our weekly trash pickup. Often, we only need it once a week, not twice. So we save bigtime on bags that way.
Once the big can is almost full, we do a final sweep of the yard and empty the plastics and cardboard from the crate we used to use for recycling, and haul out the big can, plus whatever weekly trash is in the house.