You are buying the wrong sized bags for your can.
Nope. They are the right size. I checked.
We can all see that they are not. A properly sized trash bag goes OVER the trash can, even after bottoming out.
It isn’t pulled tight in this picture. It was originally placed over the edge. Under the weight of trash, it slipped and became lodged in the can. The bottom of the bag was already touching the can when placed into the can. I think trash bag manufacturers should have an elastic band within the top of the bag that can prevent this.
You still continue to ignore advice & explanation. Trash bags DO NOT NEED TO BE PULLED TIGHT AROUND THE CAN! In fact, many bags don’t even have anything to pull tight in the first place! A fitting bag can reach not just the bottom, completely, but also still have several centimeters of excess material to fold over the top of the can. I’m talking about 2-3 times the amount of material compared to what is visible on the right side of your photo, which very clearly shows that this bag is not the right size for your can. On my can the bag goes about 1/4 down the outside of the can, because I paid attention to the size of my can and the bags I buy. It has no strings to pull either, it just hangs there, weighted down only by the plastic lid.
I spent about seven years buying Dollar Tree bags, while trying to pay off debt (which I still have). I feel like this recent decision made no forward progress here.
buy smaller trashcan. use grocery bags. profit until the world breaks.
I do this for the garbage can in the bathroom. It saves a lot of money!
I don’t understand what’s happening in this picture. Why is the blue draw string not being used? Is the bag too short for the bin? Is that a laundry hamper? How would the groves for the lid work if a bag is in place?
He’s buying too small bags for his can. You can see this by the fact that when the bag reaches the bottom properly, it barely even reaches to the top. But fitting bags would be able to wrap around it, prevent the bag from falling inside. He’s just being stupid.
If it’s anything like the drawstring bags I have tried, it’s flimsy and mostly for show - it barely even tightens the bag when you’re ready to tie it up and throw it out.
The blue drawstrings don’t stretch, so I can’t tie a knot in them to make the bag stay in place. It’s just a frustrating design.
Has nothing to do with design. Buy the right sized bag and problem solved. Work an extra shift if you can’t afford the right sized bag.
No-fail kitchen garbage bag replacement.
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Buy high quality (not Walmart) plastic kitchen bin. Note bag size printed on giant, impossible to remove sticker.
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Buy proper bag size from name brand. You can spend a bit of money up front, or spend your valuable time later cleaning up garbage juice. Your call.
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Remove bag from roll.
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Open bag and scare the crap out of the dog by inflating the bag with swift, loud, jarring noises.
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Place bag in bin. DO NOT ATTACH YET.
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Starting at one corner, seal the bag around the edge while simultaneously reaching into the clean bag and forcing air out from between the bin and bag.
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Work your way around until entire inside of bin looks like a reverse condom.
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Good to go.
Just wanted to add, if you finish step 6 with a bit of excess bag collected on the outside of the bin fold it back flat against the outside of the bin and roll the top of the bag down over it a few times. Do it tightly and it holds fairly well without having to pull the drawstring until you take the bag out.
Instructions unclear, dick is now stuck in trash bin.
Understandable mistake.
Any European here who can elaborate for me how to perform steps 0 and 1? I don’t know where to search for bins with bag sizes assigned to them or for bags of specific sizes.
Pretty much everywhere I can buy a bin in the UK will tell me its capacity in litres as part of the product description (or on the label if you’re in a physical shop)
Most bin liners you can get from the supermarket have the corresponding capacity written on their labels
Most bins end up falling into a few common sizes, so you usually don’t have to try hard to find a match unless you get a weird bin
Sure, but I don’t think capacity is enough. You need to match dimensions of the opening and the height/width of the container as well. In my experience it’s impossible to match the bin dimensions to the bag dimensions.
Well if you want exact fitting bags to bins, I think companies like Brabantia do exactly that, but that comes at a bit of a premium in both the bin and then buying their bags
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Step 6 is way easier if you do it in space. Can’t afford space? Go to the top of the tallest mountain (sorry Texas) it’s probably good enough.
Edit: Missing apostrophe added to avoid catastrophe. Any other grammatical errors and misspellings left intact for added flair.
Extra steps if you don’t live like a savage and have a double-wall bin with lid, all fancy lever-operated and everything:
- Open lid
- Take inner bin out
- Do the bag dance as in previous comment
- Pull the new bag taught around the rim at the obvious places, that being recesses in the bin walls
- Lift the bin in, the bag will be caught securely between the walls of the inner and outer bin, even if it’s too big
- Close lid.
simultaneously reaching into the clean bag and forcing air out from between the bin and bag
drill a couple small holes in the bottom of the bin – provides air escape when filling bag and full bag easily lifts out without lifting whole bin
All fine until someone puts something liquidy in your bin. Rather have the binjuice cointained.
You don’t even need to drill it in the bottom. Our can has a hole at the top just below the rim which works the same. The air can find its way out but it can’t do the 180 degree turn around the rim especially if the bag makes a good seal around the rim.
If you put the holes about 2 cm up on the sides you get the juice contained while still getting air flow.
I recently had to replace my kitchen bin and the new one came with the holes pre-drilled
The future is here
Good. I hate bags that keep that precious garbage juice to themselves.
Tbf the holes are about 10cm up the side, so unless you’ve got a disturbing amount of juice, both scenarios are covered
alternatively, get one without a draw string, and just cut or tear one section about an inch. Then, use the ‘bunny ears’ to tie off with whatever knot you want. Tuck the ends under.
if you’re able to just stretch the back, it’s like to over-stretch and fail if it gets full. it’s best to use a slightly loose bag and tie it off.
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I pull the drawstring tight around the the lip of the bin and then scrunch up the excess, and shove the inner bin into the outer shell. Works for me.
The solution is to get a better trash can that has a rim that locks the bag in place. It would be crazy to over engineer every single disposable bag when a $2 plastic rim works for any bag.
Bro is too dumb to use a trash bag and complains on the internet
The trash bags don’t fit the can. I wouldn’t say I’m dumb. What was your ASVAB score, “bro”?
92, Can we not do this?
92?
My asvab score was a 92. Had a migraine that morning. Can we not do this? This is just silly.
Buy the correct size trash bags for your trash can?
They are the correct size, unfortunately.
You’re buying the wrong bags. How are you this dense?
Bags have sizes in gallons. Buy the right size for your can.
Simple concept guy.
I’m sorry are we all gonna just gloss over the “what’s your ASVAB score bro” response?
I have no idea what the ASVAB is, so I’m just going to assume it’s s standardised trash bag fitting test that all US kids have to go through at some point.
The ASVAB is the placement test you take when entering the military. It shows which branch/position you’d be most likely to do well. Basically, a higher score gives you greater flexibility in where you end up; Exceptionally high scores will even have scouts for specific branches and positions reaching out to recruit you. For instance, maybe you took it for the military, but then get a call from the FBI asking if you’d be interested in working for them instead.
Using it as a source to gauge their intelligence on how well they can fit a trash bag into a can? That means OP is either hilariously sarcastic, or hilariously dense and out of touch.
- that all high school kids (in my area) take before graduating (to give recruiters more ammo when they
harassspeak with the kids during gym class a few months later)
- that all high school kids (in my area) take before graduating (to give recruiters more ammo when they
Bro got recruited by the military. Kinda says a lot about his “intelligence.”
I knew some very intelligent individuals in the military. We were all enlisted and we all knew how to put a shit can liner in a shit can. And not one of us went around waving our ASVAB dick around.
Love a good old fashioned OP roast though.
Is the FBI really that good with trash bags?
Bro is buying the wrong sized bags, then complaining about how the bag companies are stupid. When someone points that out, they call them stupid.
The internet is a magical place.
UPDATE:
My trash can is 13 gallons and so are the bags. Here is proof.
I’d like an apology from those who called me dumb for “using the wrong size trash bags”, or “not knowing what size garbage can” I have. I have the correct size trash can and liners. I think the makers of trash bags should fix the design flaw and make the edge of the bag contain an elastic band. I don’t believe I should be verbally attacked for posting something that seems to be a common issue for many Lemmy readers. My post isn’t in the negatives here. Some others must be experiencing this same problem.
Bro, I think you need a break. You won’t be vindicated here. A mod already came in and made every point to be made.
I don’t listen to people who use bro to address people.
Yikes, what a cunty thing to say.
Not really. Every time someone has used “bro” in my presence to address someone, they’re usually speaking down to them.
I’m not even angry in any of my comments, and other commenters are trying to frame me as being angry at them. I’m disappointed in them for calling me names like “dumb”, or “s_it for brains”. Apparently, the mods don’t care. This community is really toxic, and I’ll be removing my post. The mods refuse to reprimand the people who are making personal attacks against my intelligence. Instead of addressing their comments, they removed my reply and sent me a message saying, “nuking it!” How immature they are.
Right. I have gotten some complaints about this from the report feature so I’ll just say a couple of things.
Firstly, everyone. If you think OP is being a little silly then I urge to perhaps try telling them nicely without calling them an idiot. We won’t to promote an atompsphere where people are encouraged to talk about their problems without being ridiculed. This isn’t the first time something like this happened.
Secondly, OP. You also need to engage more constructively with these people as well. The way you are getting defensive and immediately bringing up your education does not help you. Also you post complaining about here has been removed. We don’t really want this instance to be a place where people complain about other parts of lemmy. That just leads to drama down the road.
I don’t need to engage with them at all.
- Goes out of their way to post in a public forum.
- Insists they have no need for a public forum.
84 upvotes from others who have experienced this problem, and Hefty now makes bags called “grippers”, which contain elastic to combat this problem. I thought it was funny. I didn’t realize other readers were going to attack me over how I put a 13 gallon bag into a 13 gallon garbage can. Everyone can post here. No one is obligated to interact with the commenters. Sorry you feel differently.
Striker didn’t say that you have to engage, he said that when you do it should be more constructive. C’mon.
I love that you came here and I think everything you said is fair.
I love OP’s response though, this whole thread is hilarious.
U r dum dum
Yeah, sure. Tell that to my degrees and my ASVAB score.
So smart you joined the military.
I can say that because I was a 99 ASVAB and a dumb grunt.
Getting a 99 just means you’re smart enough to get fucked by the green weenie in any of the available jobs. It’s also the first step everyone does, if you’re going for something like nuke school they give you harder tests. OP is pretty amusing with this though.
Right? It’s the basic test. I have come to terms that I’m really basically smart, but when things get more detailed I’m pretty regular.
I was so smart I became an 11 though, instead of perhaps a job with life skills, for a life other than LEO. No regrets though, made some lifelong friends, got stupid tattoos, visited some cool places, and I get $170 a month for tinnitus.
Really? Do you have pictures of the non-official report form they give you, after taking the exam?
I took my ASVAB in 2009, so unless it’s in my SRB somewhere, you’ll have to take my word for it.
I did upload a picture of my garbage though, that should be proof enough.
We have the same trash bins! That makes us bin buddies!
Do you have recycle and trash? It’s the way to go. I bag the trash but I dump the recycling into the large can outside and then reuse that dirty bag for garbage. I’m essentially saving the world.
Nice to know there are others out there! Great bins, unlike poor OP.
That’s exactly how I do it! Recycling in the back, trash in the front, rotate them out when the trash is full. As an added bonus, we have a compost bin.
You shouldn’t have to overpay for bags that are too large for the garbage can, just to avoid having the bags slip.
I will commiserate with you. I think the shape of that can is ultimately your issue. In fact, I know it is, I’ve seen that can and anytime I’ve seen it, the bag looks like yours. So you’re not alone.
As an aside, if you intend on joining the military, especially if you enlist, nobody cares about your ASVAB score, and if you wield it like a weapon, others will use it against you. I knew ASVAB waivers who had quick wit. I served with dudes who paraded around their conventional intelligence and had a tough time making friends, and only when they dropped the whole smart guy act did they fit in better.
Your post tickled my funny bone tonight. I wish you well and I hope you can “adapt and overcome” as it relates to this issue.
Wil u b mi gf?1
YouTube university and online practice exams don’t mean anything bud
No, I graduated from a CSU and took the exam in at a recruiting office in Fresno, California. They have video of me taking the test, since the facility had cameras.
Seriously, who asked though? You still are dumb
The previous commenter implied that I needed to provide proof of my education. Who are you to judge intelligence? You’re commenting on Lemmy. You didn’t write the codes to create it. What are you, a rat in their maze, funding the world’s millionaires and billionaires? What’s your claim to intellectual fame?
Nope, they didn’t. They posted a meme and you started out with bragging about your scores.
Oh buddy. Take that stick out your arse or go to a therapist if you’re like this all the time. It’s obvious you have problems to talk about.
you’re so full of shit that those bags can’t hold all of it. you must be on the spectrum if not
Think you nailed it. But then we can’t make jokes about this post anymore.
this post is so damn annoying but I can’t help but read it in pure shock of this moron that keeps spouting about a STEM degree but can’t figure out what size trashbag to buy. they should’ve been swallowed honestly
Those blue spots are part of the inner plastic ring that you can tie up yourself.
I pulled on them to tie a knot, but they aren’t stretchy like the material used to make the bag.
Try tying it before you put the bag in. It takes trial and error to know how much slack to leave, but it’ll allow you to get a tight fit once you get the length right.
I did, but the blue handles don’t stretch. They are just plastic, with no elasticity.
I’ve been a janitor for a good chunk of my working life; the easiest solution is to just tie the thing into a knot so it doesn’t come loose from the bin until you untie it. The tie ribbon they give you in some brands of bags make this easier than ones that would require tying excess bag to the bin.
in college I worked for the college in custodial services. (yeah. it’s as bad as you imagine it.)
we’d make the bunny ears just by poking a hole and ripping (or a knife if one’s handy.)
I recommend some clips. The kind used to hang laundry. I believe that trashcan comes with a swiveling lid not pictured here and if the bag is installed properly the lid will hold it in place. But if you don’t have the lid (they’re not made of a particularly durable material or to a durable design spec), the clips do work.
I did try using plastic clips that are meant to be used for hanging items on the fridge. They lost traction with the side of the can as soon as the can became half full of trash. I’ll try some laundry clips, if I can find any around the house. Thank you for your suggestion.
Can issue
Yeah, it might be a problem with the can, but I remember trash bags that had more elastic ties/handles in the early 2000’s. These bag handles don’t seem to be made of that material, so I can’t tie knots in the handles to secure the bags to the can.
