kitchen table math, the sequel: is there a technological solution?

Sunday, March 25, 2007

is there a technological solution?


If I had one of these things in my house would I stop having plastic newspaper bags lying all over the place waiting for me to take the dogs on a walk?

Hard to say.



I'm pretty sure I don't need a self-opening waste bin.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

We use a milk jug for the same thing.

Anonymous said...

I've got a cloth one that hangs on a door knob. I love it. My husband thinks I have a bag problem.

I'm a bag hoarder. But I don't want to re-use them in case I don't have enough. So, I just collect them. Just in case.

There's probably a special medication out there for something like this.

Anonymous said...

I store mine in empty kleenex boxes. That way I can hoard both plastic and paper.

Stephanie Ozenne said...

I use a 2L bottle with a hole cut in the side (flame the edges of the hole so they aren't scratchy). With two young boys around, I go through lots of plastic bags, and we haven't even hit "play in the fountains" season yet.

As for dog bags, we decided the odds of holes in re-used bags was too high, and instead buy them online 1000 at a time: http://www.leisuremore.com With two large dogs, this is so worth it!

And don't knock the sensor trash can. Our dog figured out how to open the lid on our step-can, so we decided to try the sensor can. He's skittish, so when the lid opens he runs away. We're hoping that he won't desensitize and figure out it's really a self-serve buffet. Our back-up plan is to block the sensor and use the open/close buttons.