+American Eagle Posted May 18, 2003 Share Posted May 18, 2003 Here is a neat idea. A friend of mine came up with this. Take a small container about the size of a 35mm film container. Put a trash bag in it, and drop it off in a cache. The idea is for the next cacher to use the bag to pick up trash on his/her way out. Replace the bag with a new one and then drop it off in the next cache. I have even made some labels to go on mine. The labels state the instruction, just in case someone would not know what to do with the container. I attached Travel Bugs to two of mine. (CACH IN TRASH OUT and (CACHE IN TRASH OUT #2)bug. Here is a picture of me with one of the bags that came out of Cloak_N_Dagger's caches. I've Lost My Marbles [This message was edited by American Eagle and Lady Liberty on May 18, 2003 at 07:27 PM.] [This message was edited by American Eagle and Lady Liberty on May 18, 2003 at 07:28 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Check out the other thread just a few topics down, Trash Out Containers for more pics and ideas like this. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+despot&smitten Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Great idea! You wouldn't be willing to share the doc file for your trash out container labels, would you? .... I am so horribly, horribly lazy! Smitten (Team Despot & Smitten) Quote Link to comment
+American Eagle Posted June 10, 2003 Author Share Posted June 10, 2003 Sorry I can not do. I delete that kind of stuff after I print it. If I need it again I just make another one up. I've Lost My Marbles Quote Link to comment
Hisdamsel Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Don't you hate when you come up with a really (what you think is) original idea only to find that someone else thought of it first?? LOL Great idea! I am just starting out and my husband and I took sandwich baggies and packed a trashbag in them... then labeled them with "Cache in Trash Out" and a provided by line, and we went one step further and have created miniature "trading" cards that are laminated to put in with them. We plan on creating a whole series so who knows where they may end up! Which reminds me that I need to get him to put our "handles" on them... I am always thinking of what I need to do after its already too late! LOL Quote Link to comment
Snipe33 Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 I've been doing this with step 1 baby food jars (the smaller ones). We go through a ton of them and the ones I don't recycle I turn into CITO bag holders. I know they're glass but they're pretty hard to break...I've dropped them many times in the house. Snipe33 Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Despot&Smitten:Great idea! You wouldn't be willing to share the doc file for your trash out container labels, would you? .... I am so horribly, horribly lazy! Smitten (Team Despot & Smitten) drop me a line with your e-mail addy and I can send you either a word doc or a pdf of something that will fit on a standard avery 8162 label template. These fit nicely around film cannisters. OhNoMrBill (Bill Hudson, Gilroy CA) Quote Link to comment
+Wal-Mart Man Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Very happy with the film canister idea and have put out close to 50 so far ... One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that labels will not stay stuck to the film canisters...you are wise to add a piece of cellophane tape around the label to keep it held in place... My label was approved by the gang at Groundspeak in a timely and friendly manner ... I was happy and impressed... Texas Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Wal-Mart Man:Very happy with the film canister idea and have put out close to 50 so far ... One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that labels will not stay stuck to the film canisters...you are wise to add a piece of cellophane tape around the label to keep it held in place... My label was approved by the gang at Groundspeak in a timely and friendly manner ... I was happy and impressed... http://www.texasgeocaching.com clear package sealing tape is what I'm using. It's slightly too wide, but it can be trimmed easily. As far as the logo, I came up with my own based on one of the public domain geocaching logos. I may switch to the Groundspeak logo at some point in the future, but I was in a hurry. OhNoMrBill (Bill Hudson, Gilroy CA) Quote Link to comment
+Northern Trekker Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 I saw this thread this morning, thought it was great and printed out 6 labels. This afternoon I stopped at the local photo shop and they gave me a BAG FULL of the film containers . I made up 6 filled labeled containers. One will go into each of my established caches and in each I visit from now on . This is such a great idea I hope that we don't fill all the caches with these canisters ! Cheers! Northern Trekker Quote Link to comment
+Team Wicket Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 I have walmart saving film canisters and they also donated the bags and labels for CITO canisters. I have almost 300 done with a goal of 1,000. Ileave 2 in each Cache I visit. I have tried to get the ok to use the logo. I emailed and they noted recipt of the e-mail with a tracking number, but no reply. I'm I supposed to go some where wih that number? The link in the reply when to FAQ's. Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted November 1, 2003 Share Posted November 1, 2003 quote:Originally posted by WicketsWanderingPonyPatrol:I have walmart saving film canisters and they also donated the bags and labels for CITO canisters. I have almost 300 done with a goal of 1,000. Ileave 2 in each Cache I visit. I have tried to get the ok to use the logo. I emailed and they noted recipt of the e-mail with a tracking number, but no reply. I'm I supposed to go some where wih that number? 5 The link in the reply when to FAQ's. Groundspeak's logos are automatically licensed for runs of 25 units or less (See http://www.geocaching.com/about/logousage.aspx for logo usage policy). So, go ahead and use it, but limit yourself to 25 units until you get approval, or use one of the public domain geocaching logos. I made up my own logo based on the 'leatherman' public domain logo, and it (along with some other variants on the 'leatherman' logo) can be found at http://bytethebullet.com/geologo/leatherman__variants.htm As far as not filling up the caches, I ran into another CITO canister yesterday. If there hadn't been one, I would have planted one. I think a max of one per cache is a good rule. Of course, the most important thing is to USE the bags. OhNoMrBill (Bill Hudson, Gilroy CA) Quote Link to comment
johnny.cache Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Brilliant idea. Let's make the world a nicer place to play grown-up hide and seek in. _johnny_cache_ Quote Link to comment
+OzGuff Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 Just placed my first CITO To Go! I actually placed an identifying number in the film canister's lid, asked the taker to record where they used the bag and where they placed the replenished canister. Maybe I can track the use/non-use of them... Already have a few more ready to go! Quote Link to comment
+jackdaddyt Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 On my way out of town for a camping trip, I walked in to a local film developing place (Inkley's) and asked for some film canisters. The girl behind the counter was very happy to give me a shopping bag FULL of canisters--I probably ended up with over 150. My two oldest boys, ages 10 and 13, then stuffed the canisters with shopping bags we had saved and brought along specifically for that purpose. Neither of them had any trouble stuffing the bags into the canisters, surprisingly enough! It was a great way to give them something to do other than fight! Then, while camping, I placed 2 or 3 canisters in each cache we visited. No matter where you go, there you are. Buckaroo Banzai Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 New York Geocaching gave MiGO about 1000 pre-stuffed canisters. We made labels for them and put them out at our last two events. The canisters have been showing up all over the state. Thanks to NYGO for all the canisters! Stuffing them is half the battle Quote Link to comment
+Dekaner Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Aw shucks. Yes, we have -tons- of stuffed containers. If someone else nearby wants some (or wants to pay for shipping/pick them up) let me know. Quote Link to comment
+Tyfoid-Kid Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I just started doing this on Saturday and I was amazed at how much trash you find even 100 yards off a bike/ped only trail. What are people thinking? Quote Link to comment
+malak Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 I just started doing this on Saturday and I was amazed at how much trash you find even 100 yards off a bike/ped only trail. What are people thinking? That you should set up a CITO cache in such a park. No trading items, just go in, sign the logbook, and take a CITO cannister, whose bag you should fill with garbage. Then put a new bag in and place the cannister in your next cache. <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=82878">Iced Tea 29</a> Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Since several people have asked for copies of the label files, I have finally put them up online. Click on the 'geocaching' link, and you'll see the links for both PDF and Word DOC formats. Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 How many grocery bags can you commonly stuff into a baby food jar for a CITO inside a cache. My cache 500 Feet From the Pump Station is a great example of one that needs a container of CITO bags in it. I can only make it out to the cache every other month or so, despite living only 2 miles away due to my crazily busy life as was discussed in this thead. Does anybody have anything to say about this CITO? Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 How many grocery bags can you commonly stuff into a baby food jar for a CITO inside a cache. My cache 500 Feet From the Pump Station is a great example of one that needs a container of CITO bags in it. I can only make it out to the cache every other month or so, despite living only 2 miles away due to my crazily busy life as was discussed in this thead. Does anybody have anything to say about this CITO? I use film cannisters, which generally take 1 bag per. I can actually stuff a tall kitchen garbage bag in one if I'm careful. Quote Link to comment
0800peter Posted January 2, 2004 Share Posted January 2, 2004 Folks what a great Idea, I'm gonna set up the CITO-container in Germany Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 I was able to stuff about 15 grocery bags in the before said baby food jar (which is about the size of a film canister, it is not the normal size) I thought this wasn't very many, anybody get more. I was going to put this container in my cache with the intent of it staying there and when sombody wants a bag they can just take one out. When it runs low (hopefully a couple months later) i would replenish it. Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted January 3, 2004 Share Posted January 3, 2004 Great Idea I am gonna do it here in Missouri too.. Thanks for the labels. Happy ..................Clean ..................Geotrails Quote Link to comment
+Gretel- Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 The brand name Ruffies has a dispenser pack of small trash bags - car sized really. It's about the size of a deck of cards and has a couple dozen bags inside. Handy for what ever you need to pitch. Quote Link to comment
TahoeJoe Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 That sounds like a great idea; I think I'll put some in my caches on my next maintenance visits. Quote Link to comment
+4leafclover Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I just have stuffed some plastic garbage bags in my caching pack, and use them. But I saw the film containers this weekend, and I must say, that is awesome. Quote Link to comment
+DoodleCat & MisterKrrk Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I printed some of CompassCollector's labels (thanks by the way!) and stuck them on film containers. I edited the label slightly to make a label to stick on the bags. Kept the "Cache In, Trash Out" and the Logo but the small print says : Please use this back to carry out trash from the cache area and dispose of it into a proper trash receptacle." As someone here mentioned, I think it would be good for geocaching if park maintenance people or park hosts see bags full of trash that have our labels on them. Besides film containers, I found some other containers that used to hold candy and these do a good job hold plastic bags. For example, I have one that is "SpongeBob" shaped. It's wearing a hat which pops open and a bag fits down inside of the SpongeBob body. I turned the CITO label into a tag and attached it to the SpongeBob container's belt clip. Then I thought I could take my film containers and dress them up with stickers. Cute huh? But here's the problem - what if there are plastic bags inside of something that catches a kids attention? Maybe parents think their child has pulled a toy out of the cache and doesn't notice the CITO sticker. Then later the child pulls out the plastic bag when there's no adult nearby and somehow use it to choke or suffocate themselves. Is that an unrealistic fear? Should I add "Warning - Choking hazard" or somesuch message or not use toy-like containers? Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Here is a related thread. I use film canisters with CITO labels. I carefully stuff kitchen-sized trash bags inside. As you will read, none of the ideas were mine. Quote Link to comment
Brakeless1 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 it would be cool if you used the film canister and stuffed it with the bag "and" a pair of those disposable rubber latex type glove's. those would be a nice addition. you could make a cito kit to leave in cache's. also it would be nice if someone sold the bag's with the cito motto printed on the bag's. then people would see the benifit's of us geocacher's every time they see a full bagwith the lable printed on it. what do you all think? brakeless1 Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I didn't read the whole thread but I started placing CITO kits in caches. It's small tupperware, a little larger that a film canister with a garbage bag and rubber gloves in it. Ya never know what you're going to find out there. Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 I didn't read the whole thread but I started placing CITO kits in caches. It's small tupperware, a little larger that a film canister with a garbage bag and rubber gloves in it. Ya never know what you're going to find out there. I guess a garbage dumpster is the ultimate CITO container! Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Here is a handy way to find other threads in this forum that contain the words "film canister" . Quote Link to comment
+WindChill Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 it would be cool if you used the film canister and stuffed it with the bag "and" a pair of those disposable rubber latex type glove's. Having just added gloves-in-film-cans to all of my first aid kits, I can tell you that one pair of rubber gloves uses just a little less room in a film can than one walmart bag. No way I could get both to fit in the same can. Quote Link to comment
+TeamSpaz Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) I have started making CITO containers too...I encourage people to refill them when they are done. I also include a disposable glove (I use the cheapy ones for making sandwhiches) in the kit! The bags I use are just small grocery bags, but at least it is a way to recycle. My total cost for a kit is less than $0.05. Edited March 23, 2004 by TeamSpaz Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 bump Quote Link to comment
Zoptrop Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 (edited) FYI. The yellow CITO bags from Groundspeak won't fit in a 35mm film container. But, that's not to say that you shouldn't purchase some anyway and help support the site. I bought some CITO stickers from Groundspeak.com and some yellow bags and have made my own CITO containers as well. The containers just have to be about 3 times the size of a film canister. I now carry a CITO bag with me when caching and it helps provide "cover" when muggles are near by besides doing something "good". A couple walking through a local park actually thanked me for picking up litter. (Most people assume I am being "punished" for doing something bad since in Texas those who commit minor offenses are sentenced to community service - which means picking up trash in parks, roadsides, etc.) If only they knew how much fun I was really having... Edited September 10, 2004 by Zoptrop Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I bumped this thread because I think it goes along with this one. I like the Groundspeak CITO bags and stickers too, and I may get some for a CITO event or semi-permanent CITO cache. But yeah, there's no way you're going to get a 20-gal bag in a 35-mm film can. I once got a 10-gal tall kitchen bag in one, but it wasn't fun. The standard plastic grocery bag fits just fine. I really like the film can idea. I carry 4 or 5 with me all the time, because the small backpack I use has loops for film. Thats why I did up the bag labels; I got the idea from the big yellow CITO bags anyway. I wanted a way to signal that a geocacher had done the cleanup, so now I carry a folded sheet of bag labels along with the CITO cans. When I trash out, I tie the bag(s) and put a label on it. Quote Link to comment
Brakeless1 Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 i put a small auto size trash bag and a rubber glove in a film canister with no problem. and the bag is about 3 to 5 gallon bag. Quote Link to comment
+smullis Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 This is a great idea...I like the addition of the latex glove too. My walking stick has a pointed end, so I use that alot to 'stab' the trash. Quote Link to comment
Shanti and Trey Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I attached Travel Bugs to two of mine. American Eagle and Lady Liberty Dude, I am so impressed with the TB idea. I thought I was the only one to have thought of it. Check out PRONOIA!!! the TB. I just set it loose and there are no miles yet. Maybe this weekend. I have some things to add to the discussion. Someone said they could barely fit a tall kitchen trash bag in a film cannister. I have this habit of immediately shaking out the bag when I pull it out of the box. Don't do it. Use it airless and flat. The trick is a series of folds and rolls. While you've got it laid out on the counter you can easily add your personalized CITO sticker. Again fold and roll, wadding will never be easy. You don't want to limit yourself to film cannisters. I love Pill Bottles. Everyone knows those orange and white screw cap jobbies. I get my supply from what ever I am perscribed. I used to recycle them back to the pharmacy until I thought of them as CITO containers. It's quite possible they would have a large supply of free stuff for the geocacher. I haven't asked the pharmacist if I could have any. Let me know your results. Let me sing the Pill Bottle praises. They come in all sizes. The CITO bags sold at Groundspeak is bound to fit some. I choose the EZoff lid kind. For the person concerned with kids getting hurt, just get the child proof caps. Because they come in all sizes they are flexible in range. The smaller caches can have a film canister while those with space to spare can handle larger containers. Some good items for stuffing include, but is not limited to, Nitrile Gloves - Large, tall kitchen trash bags, shopping bags, maybe a free CITO sticker to the first finder. Don't be daunting by adding trash bags so big no one can carry it, or so many it looks hard. I do like the labeling or identifying sticker to show our quiet help. Mostly we like to hide and lurk. The official CITO bag in the dumpster may not be a billboard, but that's the kind of advertising I like. Anything that is a vessel and label friendly can be a CITO container. Like one poster said, use candy containers. Make the CITO as fun as possible, a game. Make people want to white wash a fence. My dog won't stop messing with trash and I think I inadvertently trained her... Thanks to everyone who plays the CITO game. Thankyou. Quote Link to comment
+slapshot52 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I like the 35mm film can Idea and even made a couple of dozen that I distributed, but I started a thread looking for a larger label format. I think the 35mm film can idea works for people who are aware of CITO because they are small and easily overlooked. I would like to build a card or label that explains to new cachers what CITO is all about and get their attention right away when they open the cache. Those of us who CITO as a matter of habit and conviction usually have a bag with us, it’s the newbies I’m trying to reach with a larger label. Quote Link to comment
RVMAN Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Hi All- I just visited my first CITO cache a couple weeks ago. It compelled me to make my own which I put on some state land here in central Michigan. I used perscrption pill bottles which I removed all the labels from and wrote on them with a permenant marker "Cache In- Trash Out" and put a used grocery bag in each. The land is so cluttered with trash, that I left in the cache (which is located in a 3 foot long section of cement drain tile) a box of garbage bags, the 13 gallon size with the hopes that cachers will use them to clean up this once nice section of land. RVMAN CITO Quote Link to comment
+hiker49 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Brilliant idea. Let's make the world a nicer place to play grown-up hide and seek in.<BR><BR>_johnny_cache_ grown-up hide and seek? I'm 12 years old and quite frankly I'm insulted! Quote Link to comment
+hiker49 Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I think it's a great idea, especially if it's hooked on to a travel bug! Quote Link to comment
+Briggzz Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 I just picked up a T.B. like that the other day, film canister with a plastic bag in it attached to a T.B. dog tag. I think it it is a great idea and I have never seen anything like it before, and then I see this whole topic on them! LOL Briggzz Quote Link to comment
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