In Dublin city council area they have a pilot study on, to encourage people to use the brown bins, and so have distributed some of those compostable bags here. But they haven't managed to convince anyone to use them.
Problems:-
The bags are big enough to line the whole brown bin, but you can't tie them onto the bin without the first load dragging the bag to the bottom.
When we got the brown bins, we also got these brown 'caddies' (about 5litre).
I have found the Tesco compostable bags come in the ideal size to line these caddies, so I've started using those this week. It will save on washing out the caddy (somewhat), and should keep the flies and smells at bay.
Living alone, it would take me several months to fill the brown bin except when I have leaves and shrub cuttings to put in. They are just too big for ordinary households, given what you can't put in them.
I'm going to enquire as to whether the Irish company makes that size.
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