There used to be a five gallon .That what I used in my last bathroom. I haven,t looked in awhile but they probly still make them in that size.

Is your pullout a full height one? or one w/ a drawer above? We also use the 13 gal kitchen trash bags. We have a fullheight 2 bin 21" pullout and the bag is completely full when we pull it out. I can't imagine the 3" would make such a difference.

Do you have space in your pullout for a larger bin?

I'm stumped....we have an 18" two-bin pullout w/a drawer above and, IIRC, the 13-gallon bags fit fine. I'll have to check now! I don't take out the trash much (DH & DS do it mostly; DD does recyclables).

Mad - I think 5 gal would be way too small. I do need a bit of "slack" to wrap around the sides of the bin.

Lax - It was designed with a drawer. That paired up with the fact that you have a few more inches than I in width - I can actually see that making a big difference.

I wouldn't want to be without the drawer. It is the only drawer I have that doesn't have a specific purpose, I keep pens and note paper in there, plus our family organizer.

So - what to do, what to do.

Buehl - yep, it fits, but is yours half empty when you pull it out and compact it just a bit?

I just hate to waste things. It seems wasteful to use twice as many bags as I need over this issue. I don't mind the frequent changing - I'd change it twice a day if I weren't throwing out half empty bags.

I think your cans are 35 qt, or 8.75 gallon. There is a bag called "medium garbage" which is 8 gallon - a bit small.

Simple human makes a ten gallon liner style "J" or "K" which I sometimes see around.

My only other thought was restaurant supply stores
instawares is an online example as they use this size more often.

Here is a link that might be useful: Simple human

I like having enough bag to pull down around the outsides of the can and keep it in place. (We have the kind where the can goes through a hole in the pullout, so the trash cans/bins hang down through, and I like the pull the top of the bag down through, too, so it can't fall down into the can...I have no idea if that makes sense.) I can't say I ever studied the bags to see how full they are when we pull them out to empty. Probably because my boys do it...

I know that we also look for other things that might need taking out at the same time and fit it in the top if there is anything...Like if the bathroom waste basket needs emptying, etc.

Rhome - yup. Everything in your post makes sense, and I do the same thing, have the same style pull out. And... I do leave my trash sitting "out" on the floor for a few hours to see if anything large appears that I need to throw out.

I'll figure this out somehow... Maybe making a run through the house for more trash before I take it out is a good idea.

I guess I'm wasteful. I would rather send out a bag that's not quite full than leave it sit out on the floor for a few hours. When the bin is full I want it out!

Thank you for posting this, I just made a change in my kitchen design because of your post!

Basically ditto what rhome410 said. I also hate waste. When I pull out the kitchen trash, I just add in the trash from all other areas (bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry room) and it's usually pretty full. I also look in the fridge and see if anything in there needs to get tossed. For the recyclables, since they're generally pretty clean, I just put the half full bag in the garage (tied loosely) and then combine the next one into it to get a full bag - this way I use only half as many recycle bags. HTH.

OK...I checked this evening and you're right GardenWebber! It's a little over half-full when it's time to empty...we wait until the trash can is really full, too! Like RHome, my DH goes around and collects trash from the PR, Library/Computer Room, etc. to fill it.

Also like RHome, we'd rather take out a bag that's not quite full than leave it sitting out where the dogs could get into it. One thing, in our old kitchen we had a larger stand-alone trash can that was a tad larger than the 13-gallon bags and we did find that if we filled them to the top we couldn't adequately close them...so I think we're happier with this arrangement than the previous.

I have the same setup with 18" pullout, silverware drawer above, 2 bins, 13 gallon trash bags. I wouldn't use smaller bags because having too-small bags falling down is a far worse problem, IMO, than bags half full. I need some room at the top to be able to pull the bag tightly closed. Not a problem -- JMO.

Blue

PS If you put the recycle bin in front and the trash in back, it acts as a friendly reminder to recycle more, dispose less.

Chefkev - thank you for the tips, that helps.

Ok - I need to know the cost per bag, here. Anyone know what the going price is (in a discount store like Walmart) for a large box of Hefty EZ flaps? ;)

Costco sells a box 200 of 13 quart of their Kirkland brand drawstring bags for about $10 (+/- $2; I forgot the exact price). That works out to about 5 cents per bag. They are quite heavy at .90mil thick and I don't think I've ever had a problem with tearing. I've only found one other brand that was heavier, and that was several times more expensive.

I keep a handful of empty bags at the bottom of the can so I can replace the bag immediately without looking for the box.

I lied. I was just at Costco and saw the box of 200 bags was $14.79. I'm fairly certain I did buy it for $3-4 less, though, with a coupon from a recent flyer.