+fly46 Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Since they won't fit in film canisters, how about just folding them up and keeping them closed with rubber bands and dropping them into caches that way? And I'm not sure how small they roll up, but they might fit in Mini's containers, especially the king sized tubes. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 (edited) Since they won't fit in film canisters, how about just folding them up and keeping them closed with rubber bands and dropping them into caches that way? And I'm not sure how small they roll up, but they might fit in Mini's containers, especially the king sized tubes. OR perhaps the small ZIP-LOCK bags (2X3 / 3X4 / 4X6) Edited October 7, 2004 by Mzee & Associates Quote Link to comment
+JustBastet Posted October 8, 2004 Share Posted October 8, 2004 you could also try a spice jar! Quote Link to comment
+fly46 Posted October 9, 2004 Author Share Posted October 9, 2004 OR perhaps the small ZIP-LOCK bags (2X3 / 3X4 / 4X6) Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Part of the reason of using film canisters and the like is so that you re-use items hanging around. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 (edited) OR perhaps the small ZIP-LOCK bags (2X3 / 3X4 / 4X6) Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Part of the reason of using film canisters and the like is so that you re-use items hanging around. WHAT EVER Edited October 9, 2004 by Mzee & Associates Quote Link to comment
+jacques0 Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 I simply use little cardboard hang-tags (Avery Shipping Tags, 2-3/4" x 1-3/8"), tie the tag around a rolled-up yellow Groundspeak CITO bag, and leave one in the caches that I visit. The tag allows ample space to attach a small label w/ the necessary info, and this avoids having to use an extra container for the bag. Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted November 19, 2004 Share Posted November 19, 2004 OR perhaps the small ZIP-LOCK bags (2X3 / 3X4 / 4X6) Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? Part of the reason of using film canisters and the like is so that you re-use items hanging around. If that is the case, wouldn't the official CITO bags defeat the purpose too? I CITO quite often during my caching trips, and usually use plastic bags that have served at least once before. Example: I buy apples. I pack them in a complimentary plastic fruit bags available in the grocery store (USAGE #1). At home I put the apples in the bowl, and put the empty fruit bag in the drawer. Next day I leave for a cache hunt, and make some sandwiches and pack them in the yesterday's plastic bag and take them with me (USAGE #2). During the caching trip I eat my sandwiches, and if I see trash along the trails, I fill the fruit bag with them (USAGE #3). I drop the trash bag into the nearest bin. The plastic bag served three different times, and I didn't have to buy it separately. I understand the advertising and muggle-affecting value of GC CITO bags, and yes, they are way bigger than your average grocery store fruit bags, and being quite big and strong they serve quite good in CITO events. But for an ordinary geocaching trip, where I occasionally CITO, I definitely don't see the point to purposely buy plastic bags, since I get them all the time from my normal shopping. Also bigger than the fruit bag kind. Quote Link to comment
+Cleenjeep & Danger Girl Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Also, a used ziplock makes a good log book cover. Also useful for travel bugs that have bags. Also good for other things in the cache that need some extra protection. All good for many uses. Quote Link to comment
+justybug Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 i've been using the standard plastic grocery bags that i get from shopping all the time. i went so far as to buy a kitchen garbage can that is designed for using these. haven't bought a garbage bag in about 7 years now. it just means i need to take the trash out a bit more frequently which isn't that big a deal to me. i won't be buying specially printed bags for the purpose of removing trash, but i will be using the 35 mm film container idea and adding these into appropriate caches. good tip! Quote Link to comment
+WindChill Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 i've been using the standard plastic grocery bags that i get from shopping all the time And these bags _will_ fit into a film can Quote Link to comment
+Spencersb Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 i've been using the standard plastic grocery bags that i get from shopping all the time And these bags _will_ fit into a film can I've started doing this too, never any shortage of Walmart bags at my house. The 35mm canisters fit great in a fanny pack, and the small plastic bags are much better for short, in-and-out cache hikes, when I don't have time to fill up a big trash bag, or where I just don't want to attact too much attention carrying this great, big, freakin', glowin' yellow trash bag! Everyone carrying out one small bag of trash on every hike would do more to clean an area up than one or 2 people filling up a big ole CITO bag once or twice a year. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I've used the 'kitchen can bags'. If you get the cheap ones, without the drawstring, you can fit them into a film canister. Quote Link to comment
+strikeforce1 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I've used the 'kitchen can bags'. If you get the cheap ones, without the drawstring, you can fit them into a film canister. Ditto Last year, we loaded over 2000 film cans, with two bags in each. Start by folding, the store shopping bag, length wise. When you get the width down, to 1/8 fold, they should be rolled up. You then can insert them, with little trouble, into the film cans. SF1 Quote Link to comment
"Paws"itraction Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 For larger CITO containers, we use prescription bottles once we've emptied them. Peel prescrip. label off, put a CITO label on the bottle, and we can usually fit 2 kitchen-sized trash bags and a latex glove or two in the bottle, so people don't have to get all icky-hands when they CITO. (Hey, it's been asked about before.) Quote Link to comment
+ibycus Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 And these bags _will_ fit into a film can If you fold 'em right, you can fit two in no problem. Quote Link to comment
+Durango! Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I understand the advertising and muggle-affecting I totally agree with you on this one.. but using that horid made up word linked to another to form what, an adjective? Awful! Onlookers, Mundanes, anything but MUGGLE! Quote Link to comment
+Durango! Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I have to post again.. You guys are making a VERY good point. The idea is to reduce waste in the environment. Here people are spending perfectly good cach to go and buy specially made plastic bags so they can throw them into a dumpster with the gathered trash. That CITO bag also ends up in the environement, like a landfill. And you've produced extra waste in the process. I too reuse bags that have already been reused once or so. Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted March 3, 2005 Share Posted March 3, 2005 my $0.02 - I reuse plastic shopping bags, and slap a neon sticker on the bag that says "A GeoCacher was here" and "Volunteer trash collection provided by a geocacher - www.geocaching.com", and put the bag in or next to (if it is full) the trash bin. Never hurts to give the sport good PR. Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 I understand the advertising and muggle-affecting I totally agree with you on this one.. but using that horid made up word linked to another to form what, an adjective? Awful! Heh, that's probably how one can tell that English is not my native language. Hope I still made my point despite all the English-abusing. Quote Link to comment
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