Skip the small trash can liners.

This is a tough one. I have always used leftover grocery sacks or purchased liners for all the small trash cans in the house. For us, that is ten small trash cans and ten small liners each week. That is a lot of plastic!

Like I mentioned in my last post, when naturally decomposing items are put into a plastic bag their decomposing properties are blocked by the plastic surrounding them. They can decompose inside the bag, but that bag isn’t going anywhere for a very long time. If you collect trash like we do, then you have ten small bags put into the two big main trash bags before they are put into the city trash can in the garage. That makes layers and layers of bags in one. Not a good situation.

So, this is something I am going to work on this year. I have begun dumping the trash from the little cans into the big can and saving the liner for the next week. I have decided I do not need liners for all the small cans- bathroom ones excluded. If there is nothing gross going in the can, there is no need for a liner. I have waited to throw the liners away until the can is full, so I am not using excessive liners.

See if there are ways you can cut down on small bag liners. It is definitely better to wash out your trash cans if it will save some unnecessary plastic from getting into the landfills.