Alternatives to carrier bags in bin?

[hippipotami]

I currently use supermarket carrier bags hung on two hooks on the inside of my under-sink kitchen cabinet by means of a bin. So every night I take a carrier bag ful of rubbish to our wheelie bin.

Is there an ethical alternative? I have heard mixed reports about biodegradable carrier bags. Plus there is still the environmental impact of manufacturing these bags.

Would it be possible to just stick a plastic bucket in the under sink cabinet, place all rubbish in there and then just empty it into the wheelie bin? My concern is cooked food waste (although I am taking active steps to reduce food wastage, there are still the chicken bones etc) and smells. The last thing I want is to increase the amount of maggots we get in our wheelie bin. (and the only solution our council can come up with against maggots is to double-wrap all food stuffs. Good for the environment that one

Sorry, this is a load of waffle, but the question I am askin is - does anyone have a bag-free household bin system??

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I do the same. And while I am recycling the old bags I don't feel too bad but now I use old bags at the supermarket so at some point my supply of rubbish bags is going to run out and I certainly don't want to have to buy rubbish bags.

I would be interested in an alternative too.

A bucket under the sink that is emptied after dinner every night would be OK from a health & smell POV unless you put kippers in it after breakfast. I don't know what the binmen would think - "regulations see Mrs". Etc. I'd phone the council and ask.

In the meantime Baco make biodegrable swing & pedal bin liners (degrade 25 times faster than carrier bags). Waitrose & Ocado have them. And I'm sure there are lots of other makes.

For a while I felt happy knowing I was recycling carrier bags, but I read on here a while ago that every carrier bag ever produced is still with us. So I want to stop using them alltogether.
But whilst I can happily use cloth for my grocery shopping, I am stumped at a solution for the bin.

biodegradable even!

The swing bin liners are £1.99 for 15 (13p each).

Pedal bin liners are £1.99 for 20 (10p each).

x posted Duchess - I will contact the council. My parents live in holland and they are issued with paper wheelie bin liners and are expected to empty foodwaste into that without plastic. Somehow they have had no issues with maggots (bit surprised about that one)

Will also look into biodegradable bags as that will at least be a step in the right direction.

And happy to report no kippers for breakfast

interesting thread- have been pondering this myself. i live in a flat with cummunal giant wheelie bins, i fill my carrier bags with rubbish and through them into the recycling bin- dont get much rubbish a carrier every couple of days- unless fish etc for tea. but i know have cloth shopping bags so am running very low on carriers. will look out for the degradable bags they sound much beter than getting more "normal" plastic bags