When it comes to throwing parties, I don't fret over food or panic over parking. I worry about waste. I worry about the beer bottles piling up on the bar, and the garbage overflowing in the kitchen. There are times when a household receptacle is just too small and a flimsy trash bag hanging from a doorknob just won't cut it. Enter Flings Pop-Up Bins.
Flings is a freestanding container and trash bag in one. It is a 100% biodegradable bin for managing trash and recyclables at parties. You can set up several Flings around the house and not have to worry about taking out the trash in the middle of a party... or even worse, scooping up spilled garbage from a torn or overflowing trash bag. You can even bring these portable Flings outdoors to campsites and picnics where there's no trash can nearby.
Flings are meant to be disposable, cinching up like regular trash bags to be put outside. But they're sturdy enough to be folded back down and reused later, if your trash wasn't particularly messy.
I find them to be most convenient for separating recyclables from trash. Often times after a party, I dutifully pick out cans from the wastebasket or collect bottles left on counters (mostly with good intentions from guests who didn't know where to recycle them). But Flings Pop-Up Bins &mdash available in an array of patterns and colors, including a green one designated for recycling &mdash should make party clean-up a snap this season.
Visit Flings Pop-Up Bins for more information on how to use and where to buy.
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Sorry, Lucy was all I could think of after reading this title.
Ah this is perfect! I'm actually planning my wedding at a barn, and there is no running water so we'll be going thru paper products and using this bag will make me feel even better. I love that it comes in gingham patterns too.
I appreciate the review, but this item doesn't belong on Re-Nest. A disposable garbage can is the opposite of green. And their website states that the components are "either biodegradable or degradable", not 100% biodegradable. Their Sierra Club Green Home endorsement, mentioned on their website, talks about the recycling container and how it promotes recycling, but not the overall makeup of the product, or the company's practices.
I'd love it if Re-Nest would do some more investigating on the actual eco-quality of the things you review and work harder to truly promote products and ideas that are appropriate to real green homes.
Respectfully,
Heidi V.
The two little bins from the county just weren't cutting it, so I have two of these for my apartment for recycling--one for glass/plastic and the other for paper. I really like them for this purpose since they are bigger than the bathroom-style trash bins but smaller than the kitchen style, so perfect for recycling. The drawback is that the rim is solid while the body is expandable, so if you try to put a bag inside of it the bag will have a larger diameter than the rim and you won't pull it out again. Our community has small recycling collection stations that are frequently emptied, so I collect my recycling in the bins and then bring them to the recycling collection station every couple of days. However, I don't throw wet trash in them and they've lasted me a year already.