BioBag Food Waste Compostable Bags (3 Gallon), 25-Count Boxes (Pack of 4)

by BioBag

Product Features

• Pack of 4, 25-count boxes (total of 100-counts)
• 100 percent compostable
• Contains no polyethylene
• Perfect for collecting food scraps
• 100 percent Certified Compostable

Product Description

BioBag kitchen waste bags are primarily used for the collection of food scraps and other Certified compostable waste for home or community composting. Our popular BioBag 3 gallon size is designed to fit most kitchen countertop composting pails.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002FC6JZG
• UPC: 831128002030
• Country of Origin: Norway
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #4 in Pet Supplies > Dogs > Litter & Housebreaking > Pooper Scoopers & Bags > Bags

Customer Reviews

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes a big difference, September 29, 2010

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Kimberly E. Beall "Sleepy Maggie" (Franklinton, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BioBag Food Waste Compostable Bags (3 Gallon), 25-Count Boxes (Pack of 4) (Grocery)

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.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps Bucket Clean, August 3, 2010

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Phyllis - See all my reviews

This review is from: BioBag Food Waste Compostable Bags (3 Gallon), 25-Count Boxes (Pack of 4) (Grocery)

Love how easy these make it to empty the under-sink compost bucket into the composter. Cuts down on the cleaning of the bucket, too (though it still usually needs a good rinse). Found that the bags tend to slip down into the bucket so we simply pull a little bit over the outer edge, twist it into a knot and hold it there with a small binder clip.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leaks, but we must use these in San Francisco, July 1, 2010

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J. C. Feldman "Armchair Shopper" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BioBag Food Waste Compostable Bags (3 Gallon), 25-Count Boxes (Pack of 4) (Grocery)

SF now has mandatory composting so we have to buy biodegradable bags. Geez, another expense. At least these are cheaper to buy on Amazon than at my local hardware store.

They do leak through so I put them in a big tupperware and keep in the fridge.