Comments on: Compostable bags for the Green Cart and Kitchen Catcher http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/ Your blog for information on Oakville, Ontario Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: lily http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-104 lily Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:37:15 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-104 I found a No Name brand compostable bag at a No Frills, i believe, that I like best so far. It isn't as thin as the Glad or Biosak ones so not as much leaking. I also line mine with a sheet of newspaper. Price wise I think it's about comparable. I found a No Name brand compostable bag at a No Frills, i believe, that I like best so far. It isn’t as thin as the Glad or Biosak ones so not as much leaking. I also line mine with a sheet of newspaper. Price wise I think it’s about comparable.

]]> By: Gloria http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-98 Gloria Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:10:19 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-98 I am quite dissatisfied with the Glad compostable bags. They leak and break through too soon, within 2 or 3 days. So I started lining the bag with layers of newspaper but it still leaks before the end of the week. So $5.99 plus taxes for 20 small bags that break/leak before pickup day is ridiculous! By the way, is anyone else annoyed at the sheer amount of TIME spent PREPARING our garbage? Just short of gift-wrapping it with a bow on top..... :roll: I am quite dissatisfied with the Glad compostable bags. They leak and break through too soon, within 2 or 3 days. So I started lining the bag with layers of newspaper but it still leaks before the end of the week. So $5.99 plus taxes for 20 small bags that break/leak before pickup day is ridiculous!

By the way, is anyone else annoyed at the sheer amount of TIME spent PREPARING our garbage? Just short of gift-wrapping it with a bow on top….. :roll:

]]> By: Karen http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-78 Karen Sat, 03 May 2008 20:39:57 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-78 BIOSAK contains corn and other vegetables, as does GLAD so if you have severe contact allergic reactions you will have to be careful when using these products, or use a brown bag. BIOSAK contains corn and other vegetables, as does GLAD so if you have severe contact allergic reactions you will have to be careful when using these products, or use a brown bag.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-77 Nancy Sat, 03 May 2008 19:16:50 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-77 Hi... i got a flyer in the mail today from Walmart and the Glad compostable bags are on sale there...for the small bucket you can get 100 bags for 4.97 and the large green bin you can get 100 bags for 6.97. My sister in law also found that Costco had them in boxes of 100 for a very reasonable price. Just an FYI...!!! Hi…

i got a flyer in the mail today from Walmart and the Glad compostable bags are on sale there…for the small bucket you can get 100 bags for 4.97 and the large green bin you can get 100 bags for 6.97.

My sister in law also found that Costco had them in boxes of 100 for a very reasonable price.

Just an FYI…!!!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-52 Nancy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:32:41 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-52 I did have an additional comment...and I am not sure if anyone else knows anything about this or not...but why did Oakville choose this method of recycling??? In some regions and I think it might be York region...eveyone can use there plastic shopping bags, that they get from the grocery store, to put their compostable items in...I guess at their processing plant the bags somehow get seperated from the compostable materials...it was apparently the type of system they bought... In Halton the system they bought obviously doesn't have the capabilities to seperate the bags from the compostable materials so we are forced to buy those bags, and boy do we ever go through quite a few of those bags... But , in some cases I am very thrilled that we are not in the same boat as the folks from Toronto Region...they can't use the free grocery plastic bags and apparently they can not even use the compostable bags that we have bought...they have to put it all in the bins and are forced to wash out their bins or they stink... I guess I am just surprised to find out that there are several methods for doing this compostable recycling and maybe slightly annoyed that we have the one system that requires us to purchse something new every week...!!! (Just glad not to be doing what the TO folks have to do...yikes...!!!) :roll: I did have an additional comment…and I am not sure if anyone else knows anything about this or not…but why did Oakville choose this method of recycling???

In some regions and I think it might be York region…eveyone can use there plastic shopping bags, that they get from the grocery store, to put their compostable items in…I guess at their processing plant the bags somehow get seperated from the compostable materials…it was apparently the type of system they bought…

In Halton the system they bought obviously doesn’t have the capabilities to seperate the bags from the compostable materials so we are forced to buy those bags, and boy do we ever go through quite a few of those bags…

But , in some cases I am very thrilled that we are not in the same boat as the folks from Toronto Region…they can’t use the free grocery plastic bags and apparently they can not even use the compostable bags that we have bought…they have to put it all in the bins and are forced to wash out their bins or they stink…

I guess I am just surprised to find out that there are several methods for doing this compostable recycling and maybe slightly annoyed that we have the one system that requires us to purchse something new every week…!!! (Just glad not to be doing what the TO folks have to do…yikes…!!!)
:roll:

]]> By: Nancy http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-51 Nancy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:25:51 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-51 Hey Linda When you find out about the bracket, I would be very interested in purchasing one of those myself...I shove it under the sink to get it off my counter, but then the kids forget to put stuff into it...so I would love to have it hanging on the other cupboard door opposite the hanging garbage spot, so it makes it convenient and easy for the kids to remember to do this...they had been so good with the recycling in part because of the school educating them...but with this they keep forgetting...??? :sad: Other then that I have found it really does reduce the amount we are throwing out...!!! Hey Linda

When you find out about the bracket, I would be very interested in purchasing one of those myself…I shove it under the sink to get it off my counter, but then the kids forget to put stuff into it…so I would love to have it hanging on the other cupboard door opposite the hanging garbage spot, so it makes it convenient and easy for the kids to remember to do this…they had been so good with the recycling in part because of the school educating them…but with this they keep forgetting…??? :sad:

Other then that I have found it really does reduce the amount we are throwing out…!!!

]]> By: Linda http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-42 Linda Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:16:40 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-42 Well, there is a bracket made specifically for it. My sisters who live in the city, got their's with their exact same bin when they started the green program a couple of yrs ago.......? I will call the Halton I guess and see if they can hook me up with the distributor. I will let you know ! :roll: Linda Well, there is a bracket made specifically for it. My sisters who live in the city, got their’s with their exact same bin when they started the green program a couple of yrs ago…….?
I will call the Halton I guess and see if they can hook me up with the distributor. I will let you know !

:roll:
Linda

]]> By: Gus http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-36 Gus Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:50:57 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-36 Hi Linda, That's a good question. I have it sitting in a cupboard under my sink. I'm sure if you went to home depot they would have some kind of solution for you. Hi Linda,

That’s a good question.

I have it sitting in a cupboard under my sink.

I’m sure if you went to home depot they would have some kind of solution for you.

]]> By: linda http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-33 linda Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:20:54 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-33 I would like to know if anyone got the bracket for the smaller kitchen bin so you can attach to the inside of your kitchen cupboard and where I can purchase of pick one up. Thanks! I would like to know if anyone got the bracket for the smaller kitchen bin so you can attach to the inside of your kitchen cupboard and where I can purchase of pick one up.

Thanks!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-31 Nancy Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:34:05 +0000 http://www.OakvilleBlogger.net/compostable-bags-for-the-green-cart-and-kitchen-catcher/#comment-31 I have to say...I started using the Biosak, from Home Hardware...and so far they have been very sturdy and strong...nothing has leaked through, and the bag has held out when I took it from the kitchen to the big bin outside. I will watch and see how it does over the week to see if either the big or the small bags break or leak before the garbage gets collected. I have heard from friends in Toronto who have been doing this for a while...that some brands leak and break...so I will let you know how I make out by the end of this week with this brand...!!! Thanks for the post and the prices, this is very valuable information - when the bins were dropped off they didn't specify where you could go and get the liners, or what liners must be in there, just that they had to be biodegradable...!!! When we picked up our bags, there were still a lot available at the Home Hardware at Maplegrove Village. I have to say…I started using the Biosak, from Home Hardware…and so far they have been very sturdy and strong…nothing has leaked through, and the bag has held out when I took it from the kitchen to the big bin outside. I will watch and see how it does over the week to see if either the big or the small bags break or leak before the garbage gets collected. I have heard from friends in Toronto who have been doing this for a while…that some brands leak and break…so I will let you know how I make out by the end of this week with this brand…!!!

Thanks for the post and the prices, this is very valuable information - when the bins were dropped off they didn’t specify where you could go and get the liners, or what liners must be in there, just that they had to be biodegradable…!!!

When we picked up our bags, there were still a lot available at the Home Hardware at Maplegrove Village.

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