BioBag, The Original Compostable Bag, Kitchen Food Scrap Bags, ASTMD6400 Certified 100% Compostable Bags, Biodegradable Products Institute & VINCOTTE OK Home Certified, Non GMO, 13 Gallon, 48 Count

Not heavy duty as advertised

I have tried both UNTRASH and Biobags for our kitchen trash can. First, our county only does every other week trash pickup and weekly compost pick up so we are well trained in keeping all compostable kitchen scraps separate. This means most wet trash is not in our kitchen trash so we may not experience the degradation of the compostable bag induced from moisture and heat....BUT... honestly, biobags are cheaper and work. Going forward, I am going to stick with biobags. Please note, we already use biobags for our weekly compost trash. Untrash bags feel more plastic-like, similar to that rigid clothing plastic (the kind socks come in...sometimes). This makes me think they are more puncture resistant BUT biobags are more flexible so they have more give. We have only used 3 untrash bags so far and I have not had any issues but we get by with biobags so our choice is cost driven. Please note - we have had biobags rupture before, such as: - when overloaded with heavy pointed things (like watermelon rinds) - when loaded with sharp objects like can tops, straws, pens (this only happens when the bag is full and the object is pushed against the bag) Overall, you may need to avoid overloading the bag and being somewhat aware in placing sharps in the bag ( like tucking can lids in the can or placing objects in the center of the can so they are buffered away from the bag sides. This mindfulness is ok when I know this bag will allow what trash can be biodegraded in the landfill to do so and save one plastic bag.

I use these bags in a 1-gallon OXO compost container so there is enough extra material to tie them off when the bin gets full. As others have said, they do break down VERY quickly, especially if your compost is wet. We go through a lot of coffee grounds, so that is usually what breaks the bag down for us. What I do is either double-bag them and then put them out for curbside organics collection, OR put a full bag in the freezer if it's still a few days before collection. That does mean you go through more bags, but I think it's also nice to see that they really do break down. Overall I'm happy with them.

Bags are really 35 liters, 22x29 inches. Otherwise, they are typical compost bags, but they're nowhere as big as the promised 49 liters.

We have been happily using these for years. Unfortunately, though, our last delivery consisted of two « bad » boxes. Bags in both boxes are unusually very delicate and easily fall apart.