BioBag Compostable 3 Gallon Food Waste Bags - 100ct

I have found these bags to be quite utile. I use them in a Sterilite 10 Qt bucket, and they are the perfect size to line the bucket, with an extra bit at the top to wrap over the edge to keep the bags from slipping down. The great thing about using a bucket, is that I fill it to almost the top, and then knot the top of the bag by tying each side of the bag to it's opposite side using 4 sides. It's a contained unit then, and then I carry the whole bucket by it's handle out to the curbside compost bin, and dump the bag in. No muss, no fuss. I have only ever had to clean out the bucket about 3 times in the 7 months I have been doing this. Otherwise I have had no quality issues with the bags. But then, I'm not asking the bags to carry the weight of their contents without breaking either, I'm letting the bucket do that job for it. If you use these the way I do, you'll have no problems with having to clean extra, or ripping bags.

I liked these bags they are really good. I used the Full Circle once but got these since they are a little cheaper. They are a bit thicker compared to them which I like since sometimes the fruits and veg water doesn't come out when I pick it up. Also I found these a bit taller which is also very nice since they could be comfortably wrapped around the rim without much struggle. As for the composting part I just put them in the county compost pile so I don't know how soon they decompose as compared to the other. The quality is very good and I would definitely order these again. I've given one star less as I want to see how they keep up with my coffee and tea grinds or leak. I'll try to update in few days. Overall I'm very happy. Update: These hold on well with the tea and coffee grinds given they are not very soggy.

We used to just dump our compostable kitchen stuff straight into the composting crock, and it was always a horrendous mess when we would carry it out to the main compost bin to empty. Now that I've started using these bags, it's a much less unpleasant task (and we empty the crock more often now, too, because we aren't both trying to put the task off hoping the other will break down and do it instead! :D ) A couple of caveats: the bags ARE, as advertised, biodegradable, so if you leave them in the crock full of wet kitchen scraps for too long, they will start to seep liquid out into the crock. It's more like osmosis - they don't really seem to develop holes at this point, but they kind of ooze liquid through a little bit. I'd say five days is the maximum time you should leave them in there. If you forget and they do start to seep, however, the task of taking the bag out to the compost bin and then washing the crock is still much less objectionable, since the inside of the crock is only wet, not stuck full of coffee grounds and bits of eggshell and all that other stuff I used to hate having to clean out of it every time. They are also a bit fragile. The practice of cramming in as much stuff as you can by shoving down on top of the contents is just not a good idea here - the bags can be easily torn by hard materials such as banana stems, eggshells, grape stems and the like. So basically the upshot of the whole thing is: don't shove too much into the compost crock, remove the bags often, and you will find that these bags make your counter-top compost collecting a much more pleasant task.

Good bag liners for countertop food scraps container. Makes transferring food scarps and other organic material from the container to another container for transport easy. I regularly give those scraps to a friend at work who uses it for composting (and in return, I get home-grown food stuffs...a true Circle of Life). It also makes clean up of my countertop container easier. The bags are biodegradable, which is both a pro and a con. The pro is one can just put a bag full of scraps in a compost bin or other use without emptying the bag. It will easily degrade along with the scraps. The con is more of a caution. The bags will start bio-degrading almost as soon as you start using them. Beyond some liquid leakage, the bags weaken and start to disintegrate after a period of time in the scrap container. For a few days, no problem, but if longer than a week or so the bag will break when pulled out. Either way, don't carry a bag full of scraps far without an external container or there is likely to be a mess (it is a liner, not a garbage bag!). Use primarily to make short transfers between external containers. I've also recently discovered the bags start degrading over time (a couple of years or more) even while unused and in the box, and they tear easy. For those who generate a lot of scraps and change a bag every day or so, it is no problem. For those like us, who take a week or two to fill up a bag, you have to learn to take precautions like assuming the bag will break or leak during transfer and be prepared.

Why did I buy them? My apartment complex provides compost bins but the tenants are in charge of buying the bags. I couldn't find them at Safeway, so I decided to try these out. How are they? They work perfectly for my needs: they are strong enough to remain intact for at least a week; moreover they fit my bin perfectly. I read reviews say that the bags are not biodegradable, but since my apartment complex takes care of the bags, I can't deny nor confirm this. Pros: - They fit my bin perfectly - They are resistant and easy to close Cons: - No Cons for me, but read more reviews to make sure the bags being biodegradable Bottom line: - Perfect bags for compost

I bought these in Sept. 2012 to line a 1 gallon countertop compost pail after several years of using a large garbage bowl for kitchen waste. The pail has a vented lid with charcoal filter to prevent odors and a handle for carrying outside, so these liners do nothing more than keep the pail somewhat cleaner (they leak so the pail still has to be rinsed). If they do decompose, it takes much longer than large, dense items such as corncobs, banana peels and cauliflower stems. Coffee filters, shredded paper and newspaper have also disappeared, but these bloody green plastic bags are still there when I turn the pile. I'm afraid to cut them up for fear the bits will be ingested by wildlife scavenging in the compost. It's just not that much extra work to rinse the pail once a week. In fact, it's a little easier because I don't have to dry it before putting in another liner. Compostable bags are a great idea, but I'm afraid they don't work in reality. If they're not gone by Sept. 2013 I will remove them from the pile and they will go into the landfill with my municipal pickup. I'm no longer using them for food waste, but to pick up after my dog on walks. Edited on Sept. 20, 2013 to add: It has been a year and these bags remain in my compost pile somewhat degraded, but still visible. I'm sure they're better for the environment than ordinary plastic bags, which take centuries to degrade, but I don't believe they're worthwhile as compost can liners. I wonder if they do harm to wildlife and the useful organisms in composting. January 3 2015: I failed to remove them as I had said I would. Almost 2 ½ years and still there. I don't know what "compostable" is supposed to mean.

We've been using compostable BioBags for years. Non-meat food waste and the liner are dumped into the compost pile. They decompose at about the same rate as everything else. We generally order several boxes when we start to run low.

I have a kitchen compost bucket with a lid but I was having issues with fruit flies. I read someone's post about using these BioBags in my compost bin to stop the flies. And it totally worked! No more fruit flies! I'm shocked that it actually worked, but I fully tested it by filling up my bin over a week and letting it sit full for another week. I didn't have any issues at all after switching to these bags. I mean, I have a lot of fruits/veggies so I always have a few cropping up, but until I got these bags, my kitchen was suddenly a fly fest. What I really like about these bags is that I just grab the bag and toss it into my bigger compost bin out back. Clean up is so much easier, I wish I'd known about these before now - and I'm telling everyone I can to get these - pretty amazing!