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I'm OBSESSED with being green and environmentally friendly! Are you a member at recyclebank.com? I use the points i earn there to redeem even more green-friendly items!

I added these great green items to my wish list to show you:

• $12.21 2-pack Eco friendly snack bags for grapes, crackers, homemade cookies or breads, etc! Just stick them in the wash when they're dirty and save on plastic bags!
  
  
• Biodegradeable, made with green energy trash bags! I try my best to reduce my trash every week by using less, recycling more, and buying products in bulk to save on packaging (or eliminating those 100-calorie pack snacks by using something like my above product, to save on even more packaging).
  
  
• Reuseable swiffer mop pads: I already use a cut up T-shirt fashioned to fit the wet-jet, so I don't need these.
  
  Edit: Does this count? I only buy used books and DVDs off of Amazon, and I request from my gifters that they purchase me the same!

Dear younger me,

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. Go to the doctor when you need to, because if you don't, you will have a lot of issues later in life. Don't think just because you're "clean" you don't have to see the lady doctor, because if you don't go, they won't catch your lazy fallopian tube and endometrial hyperplasia in time and you won't be able to have a baby without medical interference.

Most of all, tell your friends how much you love then and truly appreciate them because they won't be around forever. You will find this out too late.

P.S. Your mom will never change. Ditch that bitch before it's too late.

Love you!
S

He still makes a good point though, just used the wrong context.

The trash liner I use is plastic, but the trash inside of it is not. Sure I can recycle the bag, but where is all the trash that I collected going to go since I got rid of the bag? Are you suggesting that I dump it into my trash bin which is picked up weekly? I imagine that I would get maggots within a day or so, and that's unsanitary. I feel that your solution really doesn't answer the question he asked, and isn't a solution for anything without providing an answer to where the trash goes while the bag is being recycled.

How about we look at biodegradable bags?

For a normal glad smell good trash bag, you get 110 bags for $12.41. The best bag that I could find for biodegradable (per reviews) was this one at $21.35 for 48 bags. I researched a bunch of biodegradable bags, and all of them had the same complaints. It can't hold trash for more than a couple of days without breaking down (especially when even small amounts of liquid are in the bag), and it doesn't hold odor well.

After doing the math, results yield that the average Glad bag costs around $.11 per bag. The average biodegradable bag costs around $.44 per bag.

So there are two factors here.

• 1.) The average consumer is not going to pay 3.8 times as much for a product that doesn't benefit them directly, doesn't smell nice, and rips easily.
  
  
• 2.) They are not readily available en mass at the average store, so most people probably don't even know that they exist.
  
  /u/Atwenfor made the second point that I listed, and he is absolutely correct. However nobody is talking about the first point. In case you're thinking "it's only 21$, people can afford it". My answer to that is no, not everyone can afford an increase on a limited budget. Also nobody wants trash from a ripped bag on their floor, along with a smelly kitchen.
  
  Do you have a better solution? I assume that you must be an expert on the topic based on how rude you were to him/her for asking a question. I'm all ears.

Ah yeah. I do that, too. Great trick that works for a whole lot of produce including carrots. I'm also fond of the green biodegradable bags to store produce in the fridge. They keep things fresh a lot longer. Lastly, shop at farmer's markets or look into a CSA. Getting stuff right from the farm instead of trucked to you is faster and you'll get more out of the plant.

There should be a lot more discussion on this topic. Bullets and beans don't mean anything if you can't dispose of waste in safe manner. My solution / thoughts below, and I live in a rural area but on a municipal system so this may or may not be as applicable.

For urine, pee in something like a bucket , or build a urinal that drains into a french drain. In general urine can be disposed of fairly easily. Gallons and gallons can go into a rather small area which you can cover later with dirt. Except for the fertilizer burn there's really no issues here. As others have noted keep the urine and solids separate.

For solid waste, relatively easy is:

• a 5 gallon bucket (which you probably already have for storage).
  
• a lid kit for the bucket.
  
• some biodegradable bags that fit into the bucket. You can just clean out the bucket each time but this makes a little easier and you can just bury the whole bag.
  
• some type of absorbing material to dry out the solid waste, and handle any urine that gets in there too. I have a pellet stove so I literally have tons of wood pellets which absorb a lot of water. Other good ideas are coir, sawdust, shredded cardboard, or kitty litter.
  
  Regarding the municipal system, eventually it will back up, it's a question of time. Where I live it's a straight downhill shot to the municipal waste treatment center, no lift pumps required. The waste treatment facility has backup generators and overflow ponds so provided they can still operate things will work. Shit flows downhill, as it was.
  
  In an extremely prolonged sort of situation where the crews weren't out doing maintenance or a large earthquake actually ruptured the pipes, things will back up. The folks at the bottom will experience it first.
  
  You can install a backup prevention device. It has regular maintenance and the install could be easy (in the crawlspace) or terrible (you have to dig). If you're preparing for generalized disruptions it's probably overkill but if you're on a municipal system and want to isolate yourself, it's a good idea. /u/parametrek 's PDF post is terrific, that's something every prepper should have.

You should be able to. Plain bubble wrap is not conductive, so you shouldnt have any issues! An antistatic bag would certainly add a level of insurance. You can buy them for fairly cheap on amazon, like this!

https://www.amazon.com/UNNI-Antistatic-Bags-Resealable-Size/dp/B00HZVK85O/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1517592921&sr=8-8&keywords=antistatic+bag

Good idea, for anyone else interested this seems like a decent deal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRA2XI2/ref=psdc_3744051_t1_B004SF2IUI

I use "if you care" garbage bags. They are made of plastic that is at the end of its recycling cycle and would end up in a landfill anyway.

https://www.amazon.com/CARE-Recycled-Trash-Large-Count/dp/B0078DTDIW

I want to try them out as well, but they are quite pricey! I did find compostable bags that I will be trying out!

These have worked well for us.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FC6JZG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

big fan of this combo:

Brabantia Sort & Go Waste Bin, 16L/4.2 Gal. , 16 L, White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E6RHMEO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_pworZcz8i53PT

ProGreen 100% Compostable Bags 6 Gallon, Extra Thick 0.87 Mil, 100 Count, Small Kitchen Compost Trash Bags, Food Scraps Yard Waste Bags, Compost Biodegradable ASTM D6400 BPI And VINCOTTE Certified https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BGDBP6V/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_gVqtDbCTZAZVA

You could look into compostable bags

https://www.amazon.com/UNNI-Compostable-European-Certified-Francisco/dp/B013XRVNJS/

I use biodegradable garbage bags: https://www.amazon.ca/Biodegradable-Compostable-Kitchen-Garbage-Countertop/dp/B01NBW9ZUI

OXO's + biodegradable bags works for me.

No to trash blog reccomends https://www.amazon.com/Green-Legacy-Tall-Kitchen-Trash/dp/B005HZLJJO/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=notetotrash-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=9c00f3ab43f933eaf55df42a169061b5&creativeASIN=B005HZLJJO and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013XRVNJS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B013XRVNJS&linkCode=as2&tag=notetotrash-20&linkId=74c929a161d3708a27f4336b5bfafcd1 sorry I dont know how to do the cool link thing...

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07124H2FW/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_HE.3Db3N2JV1V

And sometimes,
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00BMCAHW6/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_xD.3Db0Z0SH7Y

Only downside is that if you put anything warm/hot in them they begin to melt

There are compostable trash bags on the market such as this one below on amazon. Also, you could opt for not bagging your food scraps (if you compost). I live in San Francisco and we have a composting system so I use a kitchen food-scraps bin and just dump that into the green compost bin. I occasionally line it with a paper bag that is meant to be composted anyways. You could also opt for not bagging your clean recyclables depending on the policy in your area.

EcoFriendly Goods Compostable Bags - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072JVPPW2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_AFuWAbJQEQ7NY

https://www.amazon.com/Natur-Bag-Small-Food-Waste-Compostable/dp/B00CC6XSRM

Just one example. I found my smaller ones for cheaper at Target. A warning that they're meant to be used for compost you put in a compost bin and the city takes to be industrially composted, not sure these would work in a compost pile in your backyard.

Would a portable camping toilet help? You can dump the waste tank in the outhouse and it shouldn’t be a problem: https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Standard-Recreational-Activites-41541/dp/B004SFKJIQ/

Alternatively, there are biodegradable/compostable bags you could use to line a bucket that could be disposed in an outhouse: https://www.amazon.com/Green-Elephant-Replacement-Biodegradable-Compostable/dp/B079N33LKC/