Heavy Duty Trash Bags

Heavy duty trash bags are great for so many purposes compared to their light-duty counterparts. One of the biggest complaints that I hear from garbage bag users is that the bag will often rip, tear, or get punctured. This can render the bag useless, or worse – it can cause your waste to spill all over the floor, creating messy, smelly, and unsightly cleanup duties. This article will give you a few tips about what you should consider when thinking about heavy duty trash bags.

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1. Trash Bag Thickness

For a waste sack to be considered “heavy duty”, it needs to have a greater thickness than a regular trash bag. Many people purchase the black large plastic trash bags with the idea that they will be getting some heavy duty trash bags, but this isn’t always the case. Those can be just as thin and flimsy as any indoor light-weight trash bag. Big trash bags (60 gallons) as a general rule are more often produced with more rugged features and jobs in mind, but this isn’t always the case.

2. Cost of Trash Bags

In general, heavy duty trash bags are going to cost quite a bit more than regular bags. This is to be expected, since you are getting a higher quality product with a wider range of uses. Two brands that I really like are Hefty Trash Bags and Glad Trash Bags. Both companies offer a wide range of products and have a proven track record for high customer satisfaction. A further tip that I like to give people is to consider a compactor trash bag. Even if you don’t own a compactor yourself, you can still buy and use these bags for a wide range of purposes. These are designed to hold garbage that has been compacted over and over, as well as to withstand tearing from the compactor press that constantly compacts the garbage. If you use these in normal waste collection scenarios, you can be virtually assured that the bag will not rip or become punctured. The downside of compactor trash bags is the price. These bags usually sell for anywhere between $0.75 and $1.50 apiece, which can certainly add up if you use them on a consistent basis.

3. Enough Already – Which One Should I Buy?

I really wish it were as easy as that. Although many companies would love for you to buy their particular brand and would love for me to recommend that you do so, the truth is that there are so many variables and different uses for heavy duty trash bags that you really need to find the one that best suits your purposes for the particular job you are planning on doing. Unless I knew exactly what you were planning to use your bags for, I couldn’t give you a definitive answer.

One thing I can tell you for sure is that there is no reason to pay too much for heavy duty trash bags in this day and age or to walk into a store uninformed. Websites like ours strive every day to inform you as much as possible about trash cans and trash bags, and there are thousands of discounts and coupons available to you every day. All you have to do is find them.