GREEN HANDLE US - BPI certified Compostable Kitchen Compost Bin Liner Bags with Handles | T-shirt Type Trash Bags for Wet Food Waste | Easy Tie & No Messy Pick-up | US ASTM D6400 Europe OK Compo

I bought these to collect food leftovers for composting bin. These are just perfect since I live in the apartment.Sturdy and durable. Size is perfect for what I need. Would buy again

I was very unhappy with these bags at first, stating: Only about every third one is usable. The others are in shreds, vertically, as you attempt to take them off the roll. Will not buy again.After the first dozen or so bags they have been perfect. Larger than average and after those first few nary a problem. I WILL buy this brand again.

***UPDATE (4/14/23) The seller sent a replacement from their new supplier and the manufacturing defects aren’t present in the new bags. So, I’m updating my review to 4 stars. It’s a great compostable bag, quite strong, perhaps a little narrow at the top but stays intact even if stretched a bit. Hoping the new quality standards are here to stay! ***(Original review below)The only reason I’m not giving 1 star is that these bags used to be really good. We’ve been using these for several months now and they were a great product to start. (As great as a premium product to enable throwing things away could be, at least.) However, a couple months ago they appeared to change their manufacturing process and the bags are not what they used to be. The material color changed (from lighter green to a darker green), feels thinner, the mouth of the bag is tighter (so has to be stretched over our food waste bin more aggressively to fit). Worst of all, more than half the bags in multiple recent shipments have had giant gashes in their sides and bottoms that make them completely useless. (I’ve attached photos of multiple bags to illustrate the kinds of apparently random holes/gashes appearing in the material straight off the roll.) So, not only am I paying a premium for bags that have suffered from a serious reduction in manufacturing quality, but I’m also having to throw away more than half the bags in each shipment from a critical defect. I waited a couple shipments after initially noticing the issue to see if the first instance was a fluke, but these flaws/defects have shown up every shipment since. Disappointed, and will be switching brands/products going forward.

I never recycled food before in green waste b/c I didn’t have a tidy or easy way to do it. I didn’t want to throw the food out daily or make many trips to the greennwaste can outside. Not, have a container on the counter for the dog to get into. These bags help me collect the food and make green waste recycling more convenient and less hassle. I do double bag to keep water out of plastic container the bag sits in. But I take the single bag out to throw out. It’s a gray product!

Perfect for my needs and they work as intended.