Garbage Bags

If plastic ShopRite bags are not biodegradeable and you should recycle paper ShopRite bags, how should you throw out you garbage in order to stay envi...

How does food biodegrade inside of garbage bags? Do garbage bags even biodegrade? Sorry if I sound naive, I was just ignorant to it i guess. I do...

Why can't we just fill up our trash cans with garbage and put that on the curb? Why do we need to have plastic bags at all? Why can't we quit using ...

The reason I am asking is because I am doing some minor household renovations to a newly purchase home and I was putting all the debris in heavy duty ...

It seems to me that the plastic itself is not airtight, because I always twist and knot and double knot the opening. Are different garbage bags (such ...

I know..I'm doing a little artistic experiment, I'm going green so I'm trying to find a use for everything possible rather then throw it out. Is it po...

Everytime I set my garbage at the end of my driveway something rips it open. I pour ammonia inside and put, any ideas to stop them?

I need to find out for a webshow. We are building a set of the inside of a garbage can and would like to know what kind of garbage cans most Americans...

My wife and I rent a house in Aurora, CO, and there are only a couple of garbage pickup options. The local company refuses to pick up our garbage bec...

Ok, So we went away for the weekend and left garbage by accident. We've since taken it out but you can smell it in the apartment and in the hall. What...

I stay in a townhouse that does not have a garage. I have to transport my garbage cans from the backyard through my living room out the front door to...

In a series of unfortunate events I manged to spill a small amount of aquarium gravel down the side of my sink with the garbage disposal. Ever since ...

The filter-skimmer that filters water in our backyard pond has a crack. It is make of polyethylene. Is there a way to repair the crack. There will ...

what is this polyethylene wax to make floor wax?can anybody help me? you can tell me sights as to where I can look 4 it? or sights where there are ima...

polyethylene glycol is a laxative and ethethylene glycol is anti-freeze. How can one be so toxic and the other taken orally.

Also, are polyethylene and polypropylene inert substances?

What's the difference between nylon and polyethylene?

My vet prescribed L-Lysine for my cat's sneezing (herpes). She told me to purchase a bottle from a drugstore and give 250 mg twice daily. I just...

ok i've heard of like wrestlers and football players wearin like trash bags when they run to loose weight.....is that a good way to do it fast or what...

talking to some lady on the internet and she is telling me that to save the world you need to use cloth bags not the plastic bags you get at like walm...

I usually use the plastic bags from grocery store as trash bags. It used to be my way of justifying the 'reuse' part of 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle' t...

1) I don't wait until my last pair of underwear to do my laundry. 2) The people who bring there laundry in trash bags usually take up 4 or more washe...

Am I helping the environment by reusing my plastic grocery bags as my trash bags? You know that when you go groceries, shopping at the Mall, they gave...

I've tried different brands of trash bags but still they tear easily. Do you suggest any brands that hold against hurricane winds?☺ hugs♫♥♪...

I stay in a townhouse that does not have a garage. I have to transport my garbage cans from the backyard through my living room out the front door to...

I rinse out cans before I toss them, put smellier stuff in plastic bags, and put baking soda in the can. However, I've never found baking soda (nor ki...

I have now had three heavy plastic trash cans destroyed by some kind of wild animal that eats holes through them to get to my garbage. It is eating ho...

When I search for songs, there are little garbage cans next to some of the songs, what does this mean? Can I still download them?

I filled a 30 gallon garbage bag with alluminum cans. Does anyone know approximately how much money I will get when I go to recycle them? They are no...

I found about 12, one gallon cans of house paint in my shed, can i throw them away in the garbage or do i have to take them to a special waste removal...

Why can't we just fill up our trash cans with garbage and put that on the curb? Why do we need to have plastic bags at all? Why can't we quit using ...

I started by giving up plastic grocery bags for Lent, and now I am considering applying this after Lent to my home trash cans. What will be best i...

I need one for my halloween costume (I'm going as a bag of jellybeans) and I've looked at a bunch of stores but can't find any! Thanks I appreciate it...

for the sake of the environment

Right now, the world is trying to cut down on people using plastic bags, since it's harmful for the environment. But without plastic bags, what are we...

For years I've used my plastic grocery bags for small trash cans and to scoop out the litter box. Is this something that actually helps or does it jus...

To be enviromentally friendly and economically conscious. I have been looking around on the internet, but can't seem to find anything yet. Any help wo...

Looking to "eliminate" use of plastic can liners in hotel kitchen. Do not even want to use more eco-friendly bag. Ideas include water-proof ...

I need an easy fix to hold the plastic trash bag liner inside the barrel so it will stop slipping inside so easy?

Some trash(like tiolet paper) would fly around if we didn't use bags right? So does that justify the use of atleast one large bag to hold our combined...

Moved to a new apt. and I have a trash compactor. How do I use it and where can I get the special trash bags 4 it? It's a 90's model whirlpool with th...

My Whirlpool trash compactor is stuck in the "down" position. The motor tries to run but it will not come back up. This happened as I was ...

Trash compactor came with house, we've never had one - so dilemna is should I fix this one/which would be an upgraded one or use the space for somethi...

How do I dispose of an old trash compactor? Can I just put it in the trash bin and let the trash truck take it away on trash day, or is there a correc...

When I attempt to turn on my trash compactor the switch does not do anything. I just bought the house that it's in. At first it was fine. Then I wo...

A trash compactor can reduce the volume of its contents to 0.350 their original value. Neglecting the mass of air expelled, by what factor is the dens...

On aeroplane toilets: wastes are collected, separated, and treated in a specially devised tank system. However, FAA documents don't elaborate on the a...

I know that fishmeal is a process of utilizing fish waste to make fish oil, fishmeal and by-products. I am wondering what constituents of the waste fr...

Please give me examples of each. I never put put / bones or animal waste in my compost, but I read alot about green waste and brown waste and they se...

Are the electrons in a superconducter "loose" enough to be moved by the radiation from radioactive waste? If a superconducting container wer...

I need the info for a bio essay. I know double fertilization is one way plants ensure no waste of materials but do you know any others?

OK, for all you nay sayers lets say for argument we agree to get this waste into space. We all know the risk of a saturn 5 and the space shuttle is us...

My local council tell me they no longer replace rubbish bins & I should buy one from b&q! Has anyone heard this before?

Rubbish = garbage, trash We used to have little silver metal rubbish bins - They were so heavy we would rock them onto a skateboard and wheel them ...

to incorporate the need for collection of recyclable materials and to save money by reducing the necessity to supply every house hold with a minimum ...

My neighbour is in his 80's and every 'bin day' he has to put the bin out for collection (something unnecessary, as the bin men do it) and no sooner h...

What about rubbish that isnt in a bin , like on the pavement or by the roadside ?

When our children are killing themselves, in the streets of London and the rest of Britain. Everyday another young life is taken do to crime