With a 12-month growing season, each yard generates a lot of trash. Most homeowners bag their trash in plastic trash bags and place the heavy filled bags by the street curb for pickup by commercial trash haulers. While plastic trash bags are useful and economical for the retention and disposal of yard trash, the bags are not user friendly. First, the bags are not self-supporting in an upright and open position for loading. Second, the bag is prone to tears and ruptures during trash loading and compaction.
Many homeowners use plastic garbage cans to solve the above two problems with trash bags.
Third, as trash is loaded into the bag, air is trapped between the bag and garbage can which prevents filling the bag to more than 25 percent capacity. To release the trapped air, the bag must be removed from the top rim, pushed against the sides of the garbage can, and re-stretched over the top rim. These actions to release the trapped air are time consuming. Fourth, the heavy filled bag is difficult to remove from the garbage can. When the bag is full, the heavy filled bag must be pulled out of the garbage can.