Trash

[Chubbs4U]

So what do you guys do with trash when hiking? I know at some point youll come across somewhere to dump it but what do you do in the meantime. I see some people selling dry sacks. What do people use?

[Pony]

I usually just throw it in the privy.

[Pony]

O.K., before I get shredded for that last post, it's really simple. First, make sure you're not taking any extra trash out of town with you. Take everything out of it's box etc. Put trash in a zip lock and when you come to a trash can, toss it in. Also unless it's paper, and you're going to burn it right there, don't throw trash in a fire pit. I saw a chipmunk in Pa. running into the woods with a power bar wrapper.

[Lone Wolf]

So what do you guys do with trash when hiking? I know at some point youll come across somewhere to dump it but what do you do in the meantime. I see some people selling dry sacks. What do people use?

ziplock freezer bag

[garlic08]

I buy groceries with a mind to minimizing my trash. I buy boxes of oats, nuts, raisins, crackers, fig newtons, pop tarts, dried potatoes, ramen, etc, and repackage them into reusable ziplocks before I leave town. Bread and tortillas come in their own reusable bags. I seldom have any trash at all while I'm hiking. Maybe the cheese wrapper or peanut butter jar. I once fit all the trash from a 160-mile hike into the empty peanut butter jar. I don't eat meat on the trail, partly to avoid carrying the wrapper.

[WingedMonkey]

If you are packing food right you won't have much trash, and certainly no leftovers.
Mostly just wrappings and plastic bags. No need for a dry sack, just put them in a left over ziplock that you are not reusing for food.
And of course that was supposed to be a joke about the privies....NEVER.

[WingedMonkey]

That was good, five of the same answers in five seconds.

[Pony]

And of course that was supposed to be a joke about the privies....NEVER.

Of course.

[DripDry]

Pony- "Also unless it's paper, and you're going to burn it right there, don't throw trash in a fire pit"- Amen. That and people building fire rings in the woods 2 miles from a water source are things that make me go insane. The melting temperature of aluminum foil is over 1200 degrees F- how hot were you planning to make that fire there skippy?

[hikerhobs]

Empty peanut butter jar.

[Tinker]

Another used zip lock bag user. My bagels go 2 to a qt. bag, so after I eat 2 bagels I start to use that bag for nonburnable trash. Like the others I burn my paper trash (makes a good firestarter, but that's another thread ).

[Toolumpy]

Are there places you can buy only a couple of ziplock bags along the way? You surely don't want to carry too many extra ones.

[sheepdog]

ziplock freezer bag

+1


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[Skidsteer]

Are there places you can buy only a couple of ziplock bags along the way? You surely don't want to carry too many extra ones.

Bounce box, look for them in hiker boxes at hostels, or go in together on a small box of ziplocs with other hikers in town.

[garlic08]

Some tortillas are sold in a ziplock bag. Eat the tortillas and keep the bag.

[Codger]

I use a empty 16 oz wide mouth gatoraide or similar bottle. Use a stick to push items in and to compact, will hold 4-5 days or garbage. Will not leak or tear.

[Blissful]

My empty Walmart shopping bag.

[blitz1]

Unless they're totally disgusting and irretrievable, I like to reuse my ziplock trashbags (create less waste for the landfills) once I get to a trash can, so one bag will last for many weeks.

[The Cleaner]

Empty peanut butter jar.

Great idea.......What's not so great about it is some hikers then throw it under the bunk at shelters.......I've packed out several.....

[Panzer1]

quart size zip lock bag.

Panzer