Trash Bags Suck

[DroopyA]

Why even buy them? All you do is put trash in them... but you already have something to put trash in, it's called a trash-can.

Worse yet, you fill the bag with trash and then throw it away... it's esentially trash itself. Why spend hard earned money on pre-packaged trash?

Besides that, trash is already a problem in society... there's too much of it. So why package trash inside a box that's going to go in the trash and sell it as a bag to put your trash in?

It's like a pocket protector protector... completly fucking pointless and if you use one, you're a fucking idiot.

[ZombieKangaroo]

I have never met anybody disturbed enough to use a pocket protector thankfully.

[JackPhantasm]

Because I don't want my trash can to be disgusting and smell awful?

I also frequently use trash bags for other things like doing laundry.

[sirkibble2]

I never thought I would see an in-depth analysis on trash bags what actually made sense.

On a practical sense, trash bags at keep your trash clean for all those clean junkies out there so I suppose that's a minor plus.

I do end up throwing my trash bag box away in the very same trash bag I pulled out from the box. It is essentially, a money maker. Unfortunately, no one likes to clean there trash cans and they don't make those tins anymore. -_-

[Alchemist94]

I'm sure trash bags think you suck!

[shadowfox445]

I agree. Besides i think that they make your trash can smell worse. the smell they have makes me wanna hurl.

[Evark]

All who agree: people who don't have to deal with their own trash.

Seriously, have you ever had to clean out your trash bin? It's fucking disgusting. Anyway, my municipality doesn't have a choice. Our trash program is called 'pay as you throw'. The city has specific bags that you have to buy in order to put your trash in. If your trash is not in the right bag, the trash collectors will not collect it. It's touted as an easier way to enforce trash regulations than the sticker system we had previously, as you could basically have a HUGE mountainous pile of trash and a single sticker on top and the collectors would take it. They're cracking down on recycling efforts as well, since it saves the city lots of money on trash disposal, etc.

[Cyprus]

Obviously you've never killed and dismembered a hooker in your basement.

[Cyberdevil]

Indeed, and if you have no trash cans, there will always be some other bags - boxes - used condoms maybe you can fill with that shit.

[Me-Patch]

My garbage man would take a shit in my mailbox if I tried to give him a trashcan full of garbage without a bag in it.

[DroopyA]

At 3/3/09 02:33 PM, JackPhantasm wrote: Because I don't want my trash can to be disgusting and smell awful?

As if it doesn't already... it's full of trash. How can the inside of the trashcan be any worse then the trash that's currently in it? Open ketchup getting old is open ketchup getting old regardless of wether its on the side of a plasic can or an old McDonalds wraper.

I also frequently use trash bags for other things like doing laundry.

Why don't you just buy a fabric bag made for just such a reason instead? It woul be cheaper to buy one nice bag once, then it would be to buy 30 trashbags every month.

At 3/3/09 02:55 PM, Evark wrote: Stuff

You have to do that because mankind has a serious trash problem because people like you think it's a good idea to buy a peice of trash filled with other peices of trash to put trash in to keep the container you have to put trash in clean even though it's full of trash.

If we'd cut back on stupid shit like this, there would be room in the landfill for actual trash and you wouldn't have to pre-sort your garbage.

[Sensationalism]

Keeps things cleaner and keeps them all contained. I seriously doubt you've had to take out the trash regularly. And I doubt you've cleaned a trash can.

[TheFaces]

I don't even own a trash can. I'm a slob and literally just throw trash out my window.

[mikel33405]

I bought some from costco from about a year ago, and im only half way through. Trash bags are the least of my financial problems.

[chavkill]

At 3/4/09 01:35 AM, DroopyA wrote:

At 3/3/09 02:33 PM, JackPhantasm wrote: Because I don't want my trash can to be disgusting and smell awful?

As if it doesn't already... it's full of trash. How can the inside of the trashcan be any worse then the trash that's currently in it? Open ketchup getting old is open ketchup getting old regardless of wether its on the side of a plasic can or an old McDonalds wraper.

I also frequently use trash bags for other things like doing laundry.

Why don't you just buy a fabric bag made for just such a reason instead? It woul be cheaper to buy one nice bag once, then it would be to buy 30 trashbags every month.

At 3/3/09 02:55 PM, Evark wrote: Stuff

You have to do that because mankind has a serious trash problem because people like you think it's a good idea to buy a peice of trash filled with other peices of trash to put trash in to keep the container you have to put trash in clean even though it's full of trash.

If we'd cut back on stupid shit like this, there would be room in the landfill for actual trash and you wouldn't have to pre-sort your garbage.

because with a trash bag it gets thrown away this means that i dont have to clean my bin i dont have to go inside a trash bag and i can just put it outside end of story but also what if i dont have enough room in a trash can.

[Metal-Sonic-v2]

At 3/3/09 02:27 PM, DroopyA wrote: Why even buy them? All you do is put trash in them... but you already have something to put trash in, it's called a trash-can.

Worse yet, you fill the bag with trash and then throw it away... it's esentially trash itself. Why spend hard earned money on pre-packaged trash?

Besides that, trash is already a problem in society... there's too much of it. So why package trash inside a box that's going to go in the trash and sell it as a bag to put your trash in?

It's like a pocket protector protector... completly fucking pointless and if you use one, you're a fucking idiot.

Have you received any friendly letter from the sanitation department yet, in which they commend you on your efforts to make their job even more disgusting?

[Tribal]

Yes, but what do you use a trash can for? The same purpose as a trash bag. Therefore they are equally useful. I vote that none has to go.

[ForNoReason]

You have never taken the trash out before have you?

[Dragoonwing]

I'd rather take a smelly bag out to the curb then worry about cleaning and scraping out the inside of a trash can, especially with the risk of flies and roaches spawning from the same place.

[Cyberdevil]

At 3/4/09 02:21 AM, mikel33405 wrote: Trash bags are the least of my financial problems.

They really don't claim much expense, but in the long run, they do their fair share of carnage as all other useless materialistics in life.

[Reiewer]

I agree with you 100%. I don't see the point of trash bags. They just break anyway. Doesn't matter what kind you get, they can't even hold any amount of trash without tearing.

[Sensationalism]

At 3/4/09 10:36 AM, Reiewer wrote: I agree with you 100%. I don't see the point of trash bags. They just break anyway. Doesn't matter what kind you get, they can't even hold any amount of trash without tearing.

What is wrong with your trash? I've never had a trash bag break, and my roomie and I bought the cheapo ones. Maybe you should try whatever kind it is that they advertise as being able to hold in a rhino or something. Glad flexi blabagooga or something.

[PHL-Himself]

We don't buy trash bags, we all put it in the trash can like you do

It's smart, it saves money and we have room for other bags :-)

[EyeLovePoozy]

Dont get mad, get Glad.

[Someone1989]

you're right, trash bags are totally the reason we use so much garbage. They are not a necessity, they're a convenience. They keep odor down, make it easier to transport, etcetera. With your logic we should get rid of cars cause everyone can get a bicycle and stop pollution whoooo! Unnecessary things make life easier, nuff said. You're always welcome to join the Amish though, provided you can get past the initial shunning the first few years.

[DroopyA]

At 3/4/09 01:57 AM, Sensationalism wrote: I seriously doubt you've had to take out the trash regularly. And I doubt you've cleaned a trash can.

Why would I clean my trash can... it's full of trash. Even a clean trash can is still the dirtiest thing I have in my house. That's the whole point of it... you fill it full of garbage. How can that ever be 'clean'?

It's not like I dump out full cups of soda into it... it's a big plastic bin full of empty cups and wraped up food. If it does get to the point where I think the can itself is dirtier then the stuff going in it, I'll just buy a new one. It would be cheaper to buy one trash can once a year then it would be to buy a box of bags every two weeks.

Plus, the can itself can be recycyled so it produces no trash even after being thrown away. Trash bags could be recycled, but they're not, because they're full of stuff that can't be recycled. So they just sit in the landfill... being stupid and pointless. Trash full of trash surrounded by trash that the trash full of trash came in.

Also, why does everyone keep saying I don't take out my own trash? Do you guys think I'm able to live a trash free life? or what, I'm a billionair with a butler? No, I do it myself... I just don't use bags. Instead, I just pick up the entire can and carry it to my dumpster. How else would I do it? Taking a bag out and putting a new bag in is actually more work... I'm saving the environment and being lazy.

At 3/4/09 03:24 AM, chavkill wrote: what if i dont have enough room in a trash can.

Buy a second trash can. Either that, or dump the one you own more often.

At 3/4/09 07:14 AM, Sanjay wrote: Makes it easier for the garbage man to empty your bins.
Helps keep the inside of your garbage bin cleaner, and also keeps the odor down.
Easier for you to bring to the curb rather than taking the whole can with you.
Prevents loose litter from getting everywhere.

There are more efficiant ways to take care of the trash. We use black dumpsters that the trash men dump with a big mechanical arm attached to the side of the truck. My trash men are so damn lazy they don't even get out of the truck. If your can is too close to someones car, it just doesn't get dumped.

Me, I'm a big fan of the "One big dumpster down the street" type of deal. One trash man who only has to empty one bin... with no bag. This bin has sliding doors that keeps trash in the bin and not all over the street, plus it's a good place to hide from mobsters and provides shelter to the homeless.

This method requires less work from the trash men, takes up less space on the street, and makes the area nicer by having one area of trash every so many feet as opposed to overflowing trash bins in front of every door.

As far as carrying your trash to the bin goes... both are as equally shitty. Nobody bitches about the weight... it's the trip. It's always too cold or too hot out and nobody wants to make the walk. I've never heard anyone complaing about taking out the trash based on the idea that they had so much trash to carry in one trip it was too heavy... and if it was placed inside of a one pound plastic bin, they wouldn't be able to lift it.

At 3/4/09 07:48 AM, Tribalfusion-X wrote: Yes, but what do you use a trash can for? The same purpose as a trash bag. Therefore they are equally useful. I vote that none has to go.

Trash bags take up more room in the landfill, thus they're less efficiant. You need more of them more often... plus, they tear and rip a lot and it's not uncommon for the bottom to fall out of them with over stuffed. Plus, they come in a box which is also trash... buying trash shiped in trash in order to take care of your trash is just stupid. We should stop it now... maybe the energy and fossil fuels we save from cancelling the production of such monstrocities will solve our global warming problem and we can all go back to driving hummers.

At 3/4/09 11:03 AM, Someone1989 wrote: you're right, trash bags are totally the reason we use so much garbage. They are not a necessity, they're a convenience.

Yup.

[ForNoReason]

At 3/4/09 10:49 AM, EyeLovePoozy wrote: Dont get mad, get Glad.

Glad is wimpy wimpy wimpy!

Use Hefty Hefty Hefty!

[BlindShoemaker]

it's not pointless b/c they prevent you from having to clean your trashcan after each use

[Cyberdevil]

At 3/4/09 10:49 AM, EyeLovePoozy wrote: Dont get mad, get Glad.

Don't worry, be Happy.

[Armerad]

Because how else would you carry it to the dumpster?