On Wed, 23 May 2012 12:20:47 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
> wrote:

>Good consumer report on trash bags....with a video.
>
>http://www.komonews.com/news/consume...152812615.html
>
>The commercial says, "New Glad trash bags, designed with reinforcing
>bands, are stronger with less plastic waste."
>
>To see just how strong they really are, Consumer Reports tested them,
>along with nine other tall kitchen bags from big-name brands such as
>Hefty, Kirkland Signature from Costco, and Great Value from Walmart.
>
>Consumer Reports built a special contraption to measure just how much
>weight each bag can hold. Once the tester loaded the bag with weight,
>he lifted it, higher and higher. The Glad bag stretched but did not
>break. It could hold 50 pounds! But the Member's Mark bag from Sam's
>Club broke with only about 35 pounds.
>
>When all the testing was done, the winners were the Hefty The Gripper,
>for 16 cents a bag, and that new Glad bag, for 15 cents.
>
>If you don't load your bag with a lot of heavy garbage, Consumer
>Reports says consider Costco's Kirkland Signature Drawstring Trash
>bags. At 7 cents a bag, they're half the price and are still pretty
>strong.

The heaviest item I put in trash bags is spent cat litter. For
cleaning litter pans I recycle plastic shopping bags, I guess they are
free when you shop, to be safe I double them... the Walmart bags are
the strongest. I reuse market bags for regular trash too and to line
wastepaper baskets. The technical term for those bags is "T-Shirt
Carry Out Bag", I don't shop enough to maintain a good supply so I
also buy Tshirt bags in cartons of a thousand at Sam's Club.
http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...oductId=170094

Brooklyn1 wrote:

> The heaviest item I put in trash bags is spent cat litter. For
> cleaning litter pans I recycle plastic shopping bags, I guess they are
> free when you shop, to be safe I double them... the Walmart bags are
> the strongest. I reuse market bags for regular trash too and to line
> wastepaper baskets. The technical term for those bags is "T-Shirt
> Carry Out Bag", I don't shop enough to maintain a good supply so I
> also buy Tshirt bags in cartons of a thousand at Sam's Club.
> http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...oductId=170094

Heh. Interesting I was at Sam's yesterday buying a rotisserie chicken and
spotted these bags as I was walking back to the checkout. I thought to
myself, now I have a place to restock for when I use my used ones up. I
also put the kitty litter in them.
--
bill n

On May 24, 2:58*pm, "billn" > wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > The heaviest item I put in trash bags is spent cat litter. *For
> > cleaning litter pans I recycle plastic shopping bags, I guess they are
> > free when you shop, to be safe I double them... the Walmart bags are
> > the strongest. *I reuse market bags for regular trash too and to line
> > wastepaper baskets. *The technical term for those bags is "T-Shirt
> > Carry Out Bag", I don't shop enough to maintain a good supply so I
> > also buy Tshirt bags in cartons of a thousand at Sam's Club.
> >http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...oductId=170094
>
> Heh. *Interesting I was at Sam's yesterday buying a rotisserie chicken and
> spotted these bags as I was walking back to the checkout. *I thought to
> myself, now I have a place to restock for when I use my used ones up. *I
> also put the kitty litter in them.
> --
> bill n

Sounds like we all need to find a better way to dispose of litter. I
always have these big visions of litter in the landfills in plastic
bags. Makes me feel guilty, but when I think of the @$#% disp.
diapers out there, well, my cat isn't such a bad trash problem source
I guess.

He wouldn't go outside to do his biz, in case anyone suggests that. I
don't think he'd know what to do.

Kalmia wrote:
> On May 24, 2:58 pm, "billn" > wrote:
> > Brooklyn1 wrote:
> > > The heaviest item I put in trash bags is spent cat litter. For
> > > cleaning litter pans I recycle plastic shopping bags, I guess
> > > they are free when you shop, to be safe I double them... the
> > > Walmart bags are the strongest. I reuse market bags for regular
> > > trash too and to line wastepaper baskets. The technical term for
> > > those bags is "T-Shirt Carry Out Bag", I don't shop enough to
> > > maintain a good supply so I also buy Tshirt bags in cartons of a
> > > thousand at Sam's Club.
> > > http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/pr...oductId=170094
> >
> > Heh. Interesting I was at Sam's yesterday buying a rotisserie
> > chicken and spotted these bags as I was walking back to the
> > checkout. I thought to myself, now I have a place to restock for
> > when I use my used ones up. I also put the kitty litter in them.
> > --
> > bill n
>
> Sounds like we all need to find a better way to dispose of litter. I
> always have these big visions of litter in the landfills in plastic
> bags. Makes me feel guilty, but when I think of the @$#% disp.
> diapers out there, well, my cat isn't such a bad trash problem source
> I guess.

It's really not so bad, it's a small percentage. A lot better than in the
old days when everyone put bags of grass clippings in the dump.

> He wouldn't go outside to do his biz, in case anyone suggests that. I
> don't think he'd know what to do.

Mine either. They go outside to putter around in the yard, but bathroom
business in conducted inside in the litter boxes.
--
bill n

On May 25, 2:57*pm, "billn" > wrote:

> Mine either. *They go outside to putter around in the yard, but bathroom
> business in conducted inside in the litter boxes.
> --
> bill n

My guy's puttering days are over til Fall. He will NOT be outside
unless he has house ingress, and I ain't a/c-ing all outdoors so he
can yard lounge and see the open slider.

Kalmia wrote:
> On May 25, 2:57 pm, "billn" > wrote:
>
> > Mine either. They go outside to putter around in the yard, but
> > bathroom business in conducted inside in the litter boxes.
> > --
> > bill n
>
> My guy's puttering days are over til Fall. He will NOT be outside
> unless he has house ingress, and I ain't a/c-ing all outdoors so he
> can yard lounge and see the open slider.

We putter together. If I go out to work in the garden, they usually want to
come along and watch. Or sit out on the patio in the evening >^..^<
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bill n