• Refuse sacks are a disposable bag used to contain rubbish.
• Refuse bags are useful to line the insides of waste containers to prevent the insides of the receptacle from becoming coated in waste material.
• Refuse sacks are made out of plastic and are typically black in colour.
• Plastic refuse sacks are a convenient and sanitary way of handling rubbish.
• Plastic refuse bags are lightweight and are useful for messy or wet rubbish.
• Plastic bags are often used for lining litter or rubbish bins.
• Plastic refuse sacks can be incinerated with their contents in appropriate facilities for waste-to-energy conversion.
• Plastic refuse sacks for rubbish or litter are sold in a number of sizes at many stores in packets or rolls of a few tens of bags.
• Most commonly the plastic used to make bin bags is LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) or for strength LLDPE (Linear Low Density Polyethylene). HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) is sometimes used.