Bin Liners

Buy from a huge range of bin liners, bin bags and black sacks for all your waste disposal needs.

Bin liners are...

• Bags used to line bins, but more specifically...
• Polythene bags used to line the inside of dustbin
• Also known as bin bags, waste sacks or rubbish bags
• Used to catch rubbish when it is placed into a dustbin
• Great at keeping the interior walls of the bin clean, stain-free and smell-free
• Excellent at reducing odour levels when collecting and disposing of everyday rubbish
• Handy to use, providing quick and easy disposal of rubbish collected within the bin
• Easily sealed and disposed of when full - just remove the full bin liner from the bin, lift at the edges, grab a handful of polythene from either side and then tie in a knot above the middle of the bag. You can then transport the bin liner to your exterior dustbin or wheelie bin
• Available in a range of shapes to suit all types of bin, including pedal bins, swing bins, square bins, round bins, flip-top bins, brabantia bins or traditional lift-lid dustbins.
• Available in a range of sizes to suit any bin, big or small
• Available in traditional polythene or a range of biodegradable alternatives - perfect for gathering food waste, kitchen waste, composting materials or garden waste

Advice from the web on waste bags

Bin bags need the proper balance of strength, size and handling if they are going to work in a busy packing or storage environment. A big reusable-style bag manufactured for bulk use has to cope with heavy, awkward loads like loose grain, packing waste or mixed dry products without splitting at the seam or snagging amid filling. Biodegradable material can be useful where disposal routes favour compostable or lower-impact waste, nevertheless the proper test is whether the bag retains its shape and closes cleanly when lifted. If the gauge is also light, leaks and handling damage soon follow, so a sensible spec saves trouble on the shop floor.

Black waste sacks in a heavy-gauge 110-litre format are chosen when waste is awkward, damp, or likely to tear thinner film. The additional width and depth assist the sack take fat material without stressing the seams, which matters when the load contains broken board, food waste, or mixed office waste. A proper black sack also conceals the contents, which is useful where appearance and privacy matter amid storage and assortment. If the gauge is also light, burst risk rises at the lift point and the floor turns into a cleaning job. A tougher sack normally reduces double-bagging and retains waste handling tidier.

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Waste bags for pet waste stations need to survive damp weather, sunlight and rough handling without splitting at the gross moment. A heavy-duty plastic container works well because it retains the bags protected from rain and gives the station enough strength to take knocks in busy outdoor areas. Storing the roll or stack in the lid also assists the next refill stay clean and easy to reach, which matters when a site is checked fast. If the bags are kept tidy, dry and prepared to dispense, the all station stays more proper and less likely to cause complaints.

Biodegradable bin liners for kitchen caddies have to do a handling job first and a disposal job second. The film requirements enough puncture resistance to cope with peelings, bones and wet food waste, nevertheless it must not be so heavy that the caddy becomes awkward or so sealed that it traps sour odours and turns sludgy between assortments. Conversion quality matters here, because weak gauge control or poor sealing can leave the liner necking below load and splitting at the seam. When that happens, additional bagging and mess follow fast. A sound liner retains its shape through the assortment cycle and enters the organics stream without adding troublesome mixed polymer pollution.

Coloured waste sacks can still cause sorting trouble even when the colour is apparant, because the proper problem is how the sacks transport past the scanner. A tidy, flat sack gives the camera a clean reading, nevertheless a twisted bag, a crumpled bundle or one half-concealed behind another can change the signal enough to send it into the gross stream. Glossy polythene suppliers adds another risk by catching factory lights and reflecting them straight back into the sensour, while static can make lightweight film stick together and feed poorly. Stable presentation on the line matters above colour alone, and that normally means tight control of spacing, lighting and feed.

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Clear waste sacks make shop-floor waste checks quicker because the contents can be identified at a glance, which reduces the time spent opening bag after bag. That matters in packing and converting areas where offcuts, carton trimmings and mixed waste build up fast amid a shift. Visible waste also assists spot the gross material before it contaminates a segregated stream, so recyclables have a better chance of staying clean enough for assortment. The value disappears if the sack is also thin, though, because weak film can split below sharp edges or oversise loads and leave a mess on the floor. A sack that balances visibility with decent strength retains housekeeping moving and cuts avoidable labour.

Best match for recycling sacks

Recycling sacks need to do above simply grasp waste, because a weak sack causes spills, additional handling and complaints before the load even reaches the skip or baler. The proper spec relies on the material being collected, since mixed paper, plastics and heavier industrial offcuts behave very differently in storage and lifting. Gauge, seal strength and film quality all matter, particularly when sacks are dragged across concrete, stacked in a yard or tied off for dispatch. Clear labelling also assists staff sort material fast and avoid pollution. A sack that suits the job saves time on the shop floor and retains the assortment route cleaner.

Rubble bags work properly only when the film is matched to the load, not only manufactured thicker for the sake of it. A superb sack requirements enough puncture resistance and stretch to cope with broken brick, flint, tile shards and sharp aggregate without the base seam giving method, because most failures happen when the bag is dragged, dropped or lifted awkwardly. That balance matters in the yard as much as on site. If the gauge is also light, split sacks create mess, secondary bagging and delays; if it is also heavy, pallet weight and storage space are wasted. A sensible specification retains the bag tough enough for rough handling without turning a cost-effective consumable into dead weight.

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Waste disposal bags need to be specified around the job they in reality transport out, not only the size of the bin they sit in. A bag that is also thin will split when sharp offcuts, wet wipes, or damp laboratory waste settle into the corners, while one with the gross gauge can waste film and raise disposal costs without improving safety. In store rooms and wash areas, superb bag performance relies on seal quality, stretch, and puncture resistance as much as capacity. Clear labelling and sensible stock rotation also matter, because a bag that has old on the pallet can become brittle and fail early. The proper specification reduces double-bagging, handling damage, and nuisance leaks.

A 14 yard skip will take a big volume of household waste, and that makes it a practical selection when a clean-up job manufactures far above a normal bin dash can handle. The capacity is not only about space; it also assists retain loose waste contained so the site stays tidier and easier to work around. For building clearances, the additional room means less assortments, less double-handling, and a lower risk of waste spilling above the sides. That saves time on the ground and retains loading more tidy. A skip of this size works optimal when the waste stream is well sorted, because mixed material can occupy the on offer space badly. Used properly, it gives a straightforward method to transport a lot of light waste without tying up the job.

The bin liner - a brief history

The bin liner is such a part of modern day life that you could be forgiven for thinking it was always there, but of course it wasn't!

In Canada in 1950 an inventor by the name of Harry Wasylyk from Winnipeg, Manitoba, alongside his colleague Larry Hansen - another Canadian, from Lindsay, Ontario - invented the first polyethylene bin liner, which was the colour green.

Of course, being a North American creation, the world's very first bin liner wasn't called a bin liner, or even a rubbish bag, but a garbage bag (that's rubbish, North America!).

Whilst obviously very clever chaps, Messrs Wasylyk and Hansen didn't quite spot the future direction for the humble bin liner and the fact that it would end up in millions of homes around the world, as the first bin liners were designed for commercial use rather than use at home.

Having sold the first bags to the Winnipeg General Hospital, Wasylyk and Hansen sold their invention to the Union Carbide Company, Lindsay, where they worked and the company saw their potential for future use. Union Carbide began manufacturing the first green garbage bags for home use that decade and the very first bin liners (or garbage bags) for home use went on sale in the late 1960s under the name Glad Garbage.

So if you like bin bags then you should be glad for Glad Garbage, even if you aren't glad that the name includes the term garbage. It's probably a better, or less rubbish, brand name than Glad Rubbish anyway, even if it sounds a bit rubbish to call rubbish garbage.

Make sense? Well, congratulations to Messrs Wasylyk and Hansen for their clever invention, which is anything but rubbish… or garbage for that matter. Here's to you sirs!

Bin liner types - one size does not fit all

What does the term 'bin liner' mean to you? What sort of bin springs to mind and, more importantly, what sort of bin liner or bin bag do you think of fitting inside that bin?

Those very questions will prompt a wide range of answers, depending on who you speak to, reflecting the huge variety of bin liners available to fit the broad and varied array of bins or rubbish receptacles out there.

Bin liners range from very small bags that fit mini pedal bins - the sort commonly found in bathrooms - or kitchen caddies made from biodegradable material that are used to collect food waste disposal, right up to industrial sized bags that fit in wheelie bins or large compactor bins used predominantly outside business premises.

In between, you'll find a broad range of bin bags and liners that cater for bins of all shapes and sizes, including:

• Traditional dustbins
• Pedal bins
• Swing bins
• Square bins
• Flip-top bins
• Push-top bins (e.g. Brabantia)
• Wheelie bins
• Food bins / Kitchen caddy
• Compost bins
• Compactor bin
• Recycling bins
• Public litter bins

Bin liners - a black and white issue

The vast majority of bin liners or bin bags - depending on which term you prefer to use - are made from either black or white polythene, although there is a huge range of colours available to meet various waste disposal needs (more details below).

When considering black or white polythene, a good rule of thumb for bin bags is that thin means white and thick means black. Of course this is not always true - the gauge of polythene used for both white and black polythene bin bags will vary - but more often that not, thicker bags are made of black polythene.

Bin liners made from white polythene include a range of bags to fit small bins for domestic use, such as pedal bins, swing bins or square bins. These bags are commonly made from thin, lightweight white polythene as they are designed to deal with light duty use - e.g. tissues, toilet rolls innards, pencil sharpenings etc.

The old-fashioned classic black bin bag is that used for your everyday rubbish, whether in your kitchen bin, an outside dustbin or just used loose to collect rubbish from a wide area, e.g. clearing up after a party.

The standard dimensions of a regular black bin bag are between approx. 85cm and 100cm long - approx. 34” to 39” - and between 64cm and 74 cm wide - approx. 25” to 29”.

More so than white bin liners, black bin bags come in a huge range of thicknesses, from the cheap and cheerful ultra-light price beater sacks at 80 gauge thick, to the ultra thick heavy duty bags, which are up to 350 or 400 gauge thick.

So you could be forgiven for thinking your choice of bin liner is a black and white issue, although this is not the case. Bin liners are available in a huge variety of colours. The coloured varieties tend to be slightly more expensive than the standard black variety, but they can be helpful in many other ways. Here is one of them...

Where to buy bin liners

Bin liner manufacturers and suppliers include:

Rubbish Bags
Discount Rubbish Bags lives up to its name, providing customers with a wide range of rubbish bags, waste sacks and bin liners at discount prices. Contains loads of information, giving you the very best opportunity to buy the right rubbish bag at discount prices.
www.discountrubbishbags.co.uk

Bin Liners
A very helpful website for any customer looking to purchase bin liners for any type of waste disposal. Featuring information on different types of polythene bin liner and eco-friendly alternatives, this website has your bin liner needs covered.
www.binliners.org

Bin Bags
Bin Bags is the website for all your bin bag needs. Whether you are shopping for traditional black waste sacks, bin liners or eco-friendly alternatives, this website will help you find the right bin bag for you.
www.bin-bags.co.uk

Black Bin Liners
Whatever type of bin bag or waste sack you are looking for, Discount Bin Liners is sure to help you make the right decision. From pedal bin liners to clinical waste disposal sacks and swing bin liners to wheelie bin bags, this site will help you get the right bin liners at great discount prices.
www.discountbinliners.co.uk

Wheelie Bin Liners
Discount Wheelie Bin Liners is a useful resource on bin liners, bin bags, waste sacks and eco-friendly bin liners. With bin liner news and a list of bin liner manufacturers, this is a bin liner website you don't want to miss.
www.discountwheeliebinliners.co.uk

Research & Resources

For more information on bin liners and bin bags, from manufacturing to methods of recycling, plus a list of polythene and biodegradable bags available, please visit:

PackagingKnowledge: The go-to knowledge site for the UK's polythene packaging industry, containing a huge wealth of information and useful articles on bin liners.

PlasticBags.uk.com: The UK's number one polythene packaging directory. List your products for free or browse through a fantastic selection of bin liners websites.

Goldstork: Search through specially selected information on bin liners in this free 'pick-of-the-web' directory.

Organise your recycling with coloured bin liners

If you want to separate your rubbish or waste to make it easier to dispose of, then coloured bin liners or bin bags could be just what you are looking for.

Today you can buy bin bags in a range of different colours to cater for your waste disposal needs, whatever they are.

If you just want to separate your rubbish into recyclables and non-recyclables, then why not choose black bin bags for your general waste and then green bin bags for your recyclable waste. You're doing your bit for the environment, so why not choose a green bin bag for your green waste?

The colour of bag you need may be determined by your local council or the company that collects your rubbish. Many people have wheelie bins of a certain colour that need to be filled with a particular type of waste but, in some instances, wheelie bins aren't a practical solution so coloured bin bags solve that problem.

Always check with your local council or the relevant organisation managing your waste disposal, but the following waste is often associated with the following colour of bin bag or wheelie bin:

• General (non-recyclable) rubbish - black
• Garden waste - green or brown
• Food waste - green or brown
• General recycling - green
• Plastic recyclables (bottles, trays etc.) - blue
• Aluminium (cans or tins) - grey or silver
• Hazardous waste (e.g. asbestos) - red
• Clinical waste (as used in hospitals) - yellow

Clear bin liners

There is one other 'colour' bin bag not referred to in the list of coloured bin liners. That is partly because it was worthy of a mention all on its own and partly because it doesn't really have a colour - it's see through!

Clear bin liners, otherwise known as see-through bin liners or transparent bin liners, are very useful for managing your waste disposal. They allow you to keep an eye on the rubbish being disposed of to ensure that no foreign materials other than those allowed are dumped in the bag.

Imagine an office where there is loads of paper recycling, but it has to be paper only being thrown away in the bag because it is all tipped straight into a giant shredder. Well what if someone accidentally threw their empty drinks can into the paper bin after finishing their drink?

If you were using traditional black bin liners you might never see that can, which could cause irreparable damage to a very expensive printer. But if you're using clear bin liners then, when you take the bin liner from out of the bin, it's very easy to take a quick look at the contents of the bin. Give it a quick shake about to check there's nothing trapped in the middle that shouldn't be there, and then you're done.

Clear bin bags are very popular in the workplace and are available in a range of thicknesses, to deal with light duty use such as paper, right through to super heavy duty bags for disposing of rubble and other hardcore materials on building sites etc.