The reason is that you are throwing away “air”. Consider this, you buy a sleeve of plastic cups which only takes up about 1’ high by 2 or 3” in diameter – for a party. The couple of dozen people drink from those cups and then throw them away – NOT stacked up. That winds up taking about 1 full trash bag. Same thing for the paper plates.
Yakety Sax about 7 hours ago
I used to go buy groceries and it took four bags for $100 worth. Now it all fits in one bag………..
AllishaDawn about 7 hours ago
You must not recycle. I use 8 gallon size trash bags, and empty it once or twice a month.
Izzy Moreno about 7 hours ago
And a few toiletfulls.
The Reader Premium Member about 6 hours ago
For the really tough questions, scientists always answer “Dark Matter!”
sandpiper about 4 hours ago
Fasten your seat belts. There’s another ‘Great Mystery’ unfolding as we speak.
dbrucepm about 2 hours ago
bigger mystery is how a wallet full of money turns into one little bag of groceries
David in Webb Premium Member about 1 hour ago
The reason is that you are throwing away “air”. Consider this, you buy a sleeve of plastic cups which only takes up about 1’ high by 2 or 3” in diameter – for a party. The couple of dozen people drink from those cups and then throw them away – NOT stacked up. That winds up taking about 1 full trash bag. Same thing for the paper plates.
InTraining Premium Member 42 minutes ago
not to mention what gets flushed….!
diskus Premium Member 38 minutes ago
The old compactor days