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Author Topic: Trash bag recommendations Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-11-2017 03:30 PM                        What do you all use for trash bags? We have 4 Rubbermaid trashcans that use 55-gallon bags. I've used several different types over the years, and the most recent one we got was nice and thick but now it doesn't seem available anymore.... recommendations please?  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 07-11-2017 03:46 PM                        I'm not sure if you can get them there, but I use Sunspun Extra Heavy garbage bags here. They come in a box of 100 and the bags currently cost about 25 cents each. (They were 12 cents each when I first started using them.) I actually bought a couple of boxes last week. I just looked at the box to see if it says who makes the bags, but it just says "Sunfresh Ltd" in the fine print on the box. I've never had one of those "extra heavy" bags break yet, unless I put something sharp or pointed in it if I'm using it for yard waste or something. But just as a bag in the trash can for customers -- never any problems at all. The Sunspun regular bags (not extra heavy) cost about half of the price but are not nearly as good. Unfortunately, none of them are raven-proof so I have to keep the week's garbage in my garage until after the show on the night before Garbage Day.  |  IP: Logged Alexandre Pereira Expert Film Handler Posts: 126 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2016 posted 07-11-2017 07:14 PM                        Ok - not related but a few years back I was at a movie theatre that used leaf blowers. Blowing all the garbage right to the front where they would use snow shovels to heave it into a bin next to the screen. Not sure how much more farmer than this you could get?  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 07-11-2017 09:42 PM                        Someone once told me that the theatre down-the-road from me does that. Sounds like a good way to get your screen covered with ick.  |  IP: Logged Kenneth Wuepper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1026 From: Saginaw, MI, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-12-2017 03:24 PM                     The leaf blower is best used for leaves. If you really want to cry, think of what the blower puts into the pipe organ console located in the orchestra pit! That is on a par with the confetti cannons belching paper shrapnel into the pit.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-12-2017 07:27 PM                     Look at the Mil (or, micron for our international partners) thickness on the bag, is what should be important on choosing the best bag. Thin is cheaper, but thicker is stronger and less able to tear, esp with 55gal size, which holds quite the amount of items inside, esp if damp, or wet.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 07-13-2017 12:50 AM                     Sam's club house brand Members Mark are really good bags. Get the really big ones in the blue box. You will be pleased at the quality and durability.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-14-2017 08:21 AM                     I second the Sams Club bags. I used the 45 gallon ones. They were thin but strong and inexpensive.  |  IP: Logged

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