i use plastic carrier bags from tesco to chuck out my rubbish in, what would i use instead?

[pukkapatch]

we have a recycling green bin for paper, cans, plastic etc. a kerbside glass collection. a garden waste collection, and of course a rubbish collection.
i dont do gardening. just cant. so abuot three or four times a summer, when the garden is turning into a jungle, dh either cuts it back himself or pays someone else to do it. basically what i am saying is, dont ask me to compost kitchen waste, cos i simply dont use it.

anyways, my original question. i use the tesco carrier bags for rubbish. what would i use instead if the government bans them? how do i put rubbish in the bin? cant fill the wheelie bin full without a liner as it would stink, and ebasically be a health hazard. what can i do ?

biobags

lol doodle!
will check out that website and see ifi can get anything for free. our council is usually very good with recyclin g type stuff

I got a Body Shop bag the other day which claimed to be biodegradable - not really practical though, unless you plan on spending a lot of money in Body Shop.

You could knit your own bin bags from lentils...

Liking this thread, very useful...

My ex used to refuse to recycle as he said it was a waste of time when companies like the bike shop where he worked used to chuck out massive cardboard boxes etc. every single day.
I told him I thought his attitude was daft as you might as well say the companies didn't bother because big factories didn't, etc etc. passing the buck.

This was also the guy who emptied my kettle and replaced the water every time he used it - and refused to drink 'boiled again' water...it 'tasted horrible' apparently.

He was a nutter

found this thru wendywebers link...

a thing you install into the garden which takes all kitchen waste, meat etc as well, and breaks it down into the soil. you dont need to empty it ever as far as i can tell. its composting without making any compost iyswim. rubbish for me as i want the compost, but good for you, pukka, no?

looks very nice nappies.
now need to convince dh we can put it in our jungle

i saw a thing once about boiled again water killing plants if you water them with it... wierd.

There's no oxygen in it, is there? I think you can use previously-boiled water in a steam iron, like distilled water - so it must be a bit dull for plants (wouldn't have thought it would kill them though )

re Columbia's kettle-emptying bloke, I'm with him - for the same reason really. You should only ever boil the amount you need (not a kettle-full) just to save power; and also if you pour any residue away and start again you will always be using fresh water and it does taste better. Honest!

ah, oxygen. thanks for clearing that up for me. i did wonder how that happened. not enough to actually find out tho [flake]

found an old co op bag in bottom of wardrobe! virtually dsintergrated, would have thought we had hd mice, but realise the bag was decomposing!

is that green cone thing bokashi? (is that how it's spelled?)
anyone tried one?

No, bokashi is 2 little black bins - scroll down here

We got them, and started doing it, but they never sent the extra bags of bran I ordered (and paid for - must chase that up, they're not very efficient!) so they are out in the back yard; one of them full of probably-very-disgusting-by-now rotten stuff.

Er, why did OP talk about govt. banning carrier bags? That's the first I've heard of it! Charging 1-2p each doesn't seem outrageous, imho, though.
You can get only slightly used carrier bags fine for as a dustbin liner from bottlebanks and other recycling centres, people bring their bottles in them, leave the bags behind. Free, plentiful, and better than them blowing away and becoming general litter.