BioBag Compostable Kitchen, Trash, and Lawn Scraps Bags

These bags are so great.  I was worried that they'd be not too sturdy.  But they're fantastic.  They hold their contents well, and they actually feel fantastic to the touch -- not as "rough" as traditional plastic bags (try one -- you'll see what I mean).  Moreover, it frees you from the guilt of using traditional plastic when you're taking out the garbage.  Highly recommended.

Also, just found out:  Residents of San Francisco (city and county) can purchase BioBags at any Albertson’s, Cala/Bell’s, Cole Hardware, Rainbow Market, Real Foods, Whole Foods, or Walgreen’s Drug stores.  Otherwise, can get them online!

In efforts to encourage my housemates (and myself) to actually use the municipal composting service we pay for (hooray for San Francisco), I recently got a nice big jar thing to collect kitchen scraps.  But when totally full, the jar can get a tad heavy (and sometimes a bit messy full of all of our food bits).  So I decided to invest in some Biobags.

They're quite sturdy.  Sure, they're no crazy thick plastic bag (but who wants them to be?) but they certainly do the trick.  And they can go straight into the compost!  I do love the fact that they're approved by the SF Department of Environment.

The only three draw backs: 1) they're not terribly inexpensive (I got mine on sale at Whole Foods); 2) they're not terribly convenient to take out of the box.  Unless I just foolishly didn't pay attention and opened the box the wrong way, I'm pretty sure you have to take the entire roll of bags out to then tear one off.  Not a huge deal.  I just tend to get lazy and like the boxes that have flaps were you can pull out the one (without risking unrollinging the whole thing); 3) if they sit there for a while with food scraps, you'll find some moisture escapes them and will drip into the bottom of your bin (which is a tad gross when you pull out the bag and proceed to drip compost/food juice on your floor).