Compostable Trash Bags, Extra Thick, Compost Kitchen Bin Bags, Food Scraps Yard Waste Bags, ASTM D6400 BPI and TÜV AUSTRIA Certified (6 Gallon, Pack of 100)

Not using for food scraps, but bought to replace the plastic "grocery bags" we'd been re-using to line our small bathroom and bedroom trash bins as the others are phased out in the city and we figure out how to do our part. These are small and lack handles for tying off as easily, but nonetheless a good minimum size for about 1-2 weeks' worth of light volume, non-perishable trash. They seem like they'd be thinner thus weaker than the others, but they're also not prone to that brittleness or the holes you often find at the seams of traditional plastic grocery bags. They have a little bit of stretch to them to handle some weight and rough edges, like when you spring clean your top dresser drawer or break an old plastic hanger. Pleased that these are working out so well!

I was very frustrated with the compostable bags I'd purchased after the last vendor's product was not available on Amazon. It broke if you looked hard at it, so that I had to carry the bag IN the can to the trash bin and dump it in opened, because I couldn't lift it out of the can to tie it.So I ordered this product with a skeptical heart. It was the same thickness as my current unsatisfactory bags, so I had some trepidation.When this new product was delivered, I could tell immediately that this was a superior type of bag, very much like the bags I used to use. They felt thicker and stronger than my current bags, even thought they were supposed to be the same thickness. .I've used the bags a few times now. They haven't ripped. I can pull the bag out of the can and carry it to the bin without issue. They haven't leaked.I also appreciate that this box contains 100 bags, instead of 50, which was the max the unsatisfactory product provided.This product has the Jaed Seal of Approval!

I have a composting toilet and use these to catch the solids to compost. Works great, tough, and great for composting!

They’re very sturdy bags but don’t use them if you have a fast compost system.We have a compost tumbler and our usual time to compost is 6 weeks (composting cut up food scraps, cardboard, and paper). I left a batch in for 3 months and when it came out the bags were about 25% gone. I haven’t successfully composted these bags 100% but they look like they’ll take a year. I also have a millipede composting system and the millipedes won’t touch these.That being said I gave them a good review for their durability. I haven’t gone more than a few days with food scraps in them but they never get soggy or break. They’d be great for anyone using a more traditional compost pile or with access to an industrial composter.Please keep in mind that compostable bags that end up in a landfill aren’t actually helping the environment more than plastic. Compostable items in a landfill without access to moisture and oxygen just break down into methane. So I would really only recommend them if you have access to composting.

These bags are nice to use. They are fairly sturdy, although you do need to be careful not to wait too long to carry one to the trash. They are designed to compost with organic material in them, and this process does not wait to begin after put in your outdoor compost bin. I purchased mine for a bin from IKEA, which I would guess is approx. 4 gallons. I like having extra bag to hang over the sides.Update 7/18/19: I changed my five start review to one because the beginning of the roll of bags had great, usable bags, however as I started into the roll, they bags started to have cuts in the sides. The first one I filled halfway, since the cut was about 2/3 up the side. After that they bags were shredded on one or two sides, and were completely unusable. I assumed the sides of the roll had been damaged, but now I am also finding that some bags have been perforated in the wrong place, so I have bags with no opening, and some that are open at both the top and the bottom. I paid a lot of money for these, because I believed they would be good quality. Very frustrating and wasteful to have to throw away lots of bags. I don't know how the roll will continue...

My Compo Keeper has long had a broken mechanism, but it still has the black plastic framework and the gray carrier for the full bag of compost. I finally ran out of the original liners that were sold by the company for the Compo Keeper, and these fit perfectly. They are just large enough that I can drape the sides over the edges of the black framework and tuck each corner in. Consequently, even though it doesn't close up when the lid is closed, I do have a neat compostable sack holding the compost and can lift out the lifter and dump it into my large outside composter with no problem. Although it takes quite a while for one of these sacks to completely disappear since they are meant for an industrial composter, they do start to disintegrate fairly soon to the point where they are just small pieces when you are ready to use the compost, and are OK, as far as my experience goes, if you put them into the ground. By the end of the season, I'm pretty sure they are completely gone. Of course you can also just put them into your regular garbage after dumping the compost, and know that that in the landfill, they will eventually disintegrate rather than living on for several lifetimes.These are too large for one of those small countertop composters. You need a fairly large compost bucket that sits on the floor. They would also work for a small wastebasket where you were putting in stuff for recycling or even just regular waste. That way, you would not be adding more plastic to the garbage stream.