Polka dotted trash

Check out this post over at Olympia Dumpster Divers where the fabulous Ruby Reusable has collected some neat links on fancy trash bags migrating about NYC this summer.

The project, TRASH: Any color you like, uses 100% biodegradable bags naturally scented with peppermint and bugglegum to repel vermin. Reminds me of how my grandmother used to use stale Juicy Fruit to kill moles, but that’s a story for another day.

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5 Responses to “Polka dotted trash”

dumpstertaoist Says:
Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:49 am | Reply
Love it.

I bought a bunch of fun-colored garbage bags once just to be different.

http://www.directdisposables.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=24&cat=Colored+Trash+Bags+%2F+Can+Liners

They used to have pink, dunno where that went. Garbagemen have a monotonous job. In addition to perking up the surroundings, maybe seeing cute bags brightens those san workers’ days? 😛
Ruby Re-Usable Says:
Monday, August 11, 2008 at 8:07 pm | Reply
I did not realize that the bags were scented! Nice looking AND nice smelling trash, very NICE! Can you actually catch a whiff while walking past?
everydaytrash Says:
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 11:53 am | Reply
Will verify smellability if I pass any!
dumpstertaoist Says:
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Reply
So *you’re* the strange lady sniffing garbage bags outside my apartment….
plasticisrubbish (@polytheenpam) Says:
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 12:02 pm | Reply
juicy fruits and moles? How does that work then? One tatse of sweets and they never eat worms again… and so they starve to death?