Once a week maybe twice if there’s something going on like holiday cooking.

We compost, but not all packaging can be composted, and yes, we absolutely take out the trash at night if we had fish or chicken for dinner, because that gets stinky fast.

We have a chest freezer for dismembered body parts. If we take it out to the trash too soon, the raccoons make a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:Family of 5, no kids in diapers. There’s usually 1 bag of trash taken out a week, but I take out any meat packaging, grease or anything that may start to smell right away. We also recycle almost all packaging and compost. We will sometimes start a second bag, but most weeks it’s just one.

Family of 4, no diapers, same. At most, there are two bags in the bin for weekly trash collection. On the other hand, we have two recycling bins because our recycling far exceeds our trash.

Are you only eating meat once a week?

DP but I only prepare fresh meat once or twice a week (I often reuse leftovers but of course that doesn’t generate smelly trash)

We have a full bag of trash every day or every other day. It's me, my dog, and my two young adult kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Where are you keeping your trash if you don't take it out every night? Even if we have a very small bag of trash, we take it to the outside bin every night. We don't want bugs or worse in the house.

In a trash can…
Do you empty your cans even if they’re not full?

Yes. I don't want any possible food stuffs left out in trash overnight inside. Not everything can go down the disposal. I literally have never heard of anyone not taking the trash out at night.

I've never heard of anyone taking out their trash nightly.

+1. Everyone I know takes it out when it’s full, if it’s trash night, or if there’s something particularly smelly in it. I have never heard of someone taking it out every night. Seems like a huge waste of bags too.

This was part of doing this dishes in my family growing up. It’s not a huge waste of bags. A busy family had a mostly full can, and it’s great to start the morning with the kitchen clean and you never have to stop to take it out when you’re busy.

As a single adult and DINKs, we adjusted because we just didn’t make as much trash. But I still take it out basically any night we cooked, especially if we prepped meat.

3x-5x the number of bags is a waste. How does being busy make your kitchen trash can bigger? I can’t fathom how you are mostly filling a bag with one day’s cooking.

DP. But I don't leave cooking trash in the kitchen overnight. Meat and fish especially. I want a fresh kitchen in the morning.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Where are you keeping your trash if you don't take it out every night? Even if we have a very small bag of trash, we take it to the outside bin every night. We don't want bugs or worse in the house.

In a trash can…
Do you empty your cans even if they’re not full?

Yes. I don't want any possible food stuffs left out in trash overnight inside. Not everything can go down the disposal. I literally have never heard of anyone not taking the trash out at night.

I've never heard of anyone taking out their trash nightly.

+1. Everyone I know takes it out when it’s full, if it’s trash night, or if there’s something particularly smelly in it. I have never heard of someone taking it out every night. Seems like a huge waste of bags too.

This was part of doing this dishes in my family growing up. It’s not a huge waste of bags. A busy family had a mostly full can, and it’s great to start the morning with the kitchen clean and you never have to stop to take it out when you’re busy.

As a single adult and DINKs, we adjusted because we just didn’t make as much trash. But I still take it out basically any night we cooked, especially if we prepped meat.

3x-5x the number of bags is a waste. How does being busy make your kitchen trash can bigger? I can’t fathom how you are mostly filling a bag with one day’s cooking.

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Anonymous wrote:Family of 5, no kids in diapers. There’s usually 1 bag of trash taken out a week, but I take out any meat packaging, grease or anything that may start to smell right away. We also recycle almost all packaging and compost. We will sometimes start a second bag, but most weeks it’s just one.

Family of 4, no diapers, same. At most, there are two bags in the bin for weekly trash collection. On the other hand, we have two recycling bins because our recycling far exceeds our trash.

Are you only eating meat once a week?

Anonymous wrote:Family of 5, no kids in diapers. There’s usually 1 bag of trash taken out a week, but I take out any meat packaging, grease or anything that may start to smell right away. We also recycle almost all packaging and compost. We will sometimes start a second bag, but most weeks it’s just one.

Family of 4, no diapers, same. At most, there are two bags in the bin for weekly trash collection. On the other hand, we have two recycling bins because our recycling far exceeds our trash.

do they order delivery alot? delivery produces a lot of trash

I’m guessing one of them has a hobby that makes a large amount of trash or has a medical condition that makes a lot of trash.

Two to three times a week.

(One bag per day, family of 4 with 2 college kids home for the summer. I obsessively recycle and sort; take my recycling out once daily)

Perhaps they don’t use their garbage disposal and are tossing food - scraping plates?

Maybe they do not follow recycling guidelines so add cans, bottles and papers to the trash?

I could maybe understand if one or both are WFH - packaging materials, shredding?

This drives me crazy to think about, OP! I’m an award-winning plogger and litter collector and a highly organized, devoted donator, recycler and “crunchy” - 😆

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Where are you keeping your trash if you don't take it out every night? Even if we have a very small bag of trash, we take it to the outside bin every night. We don't want bugs or worse in the house.

In a trash can…
Do you empty your cans even if they’re not full?

Yes. I don't want any possible food stuffs left out in trash overnight inside. Not everything can go down the disposal. I literally have never heard of anyone not taking the trash out at night.

I've never heard of anyone taking out their trash nightly.

+1. Everyone I know takes it out when it’s full, if it’s trash night, or if there’s something particularly smelly in it. I have never heard of someone taking it out every night. Seems like a huge waste of bags too.

This was part of doing this dishes in my family growing up. It’s not a huge waste of bags. A busy family had a mostly full can, and it’s great to start the morning with the kitchen clean and you never have to stop to take it out when you’re busy.

As a single adult and DINKs, we adjusted because we just didn’t make as much trash. But I still take it out basically any night we cooked, especially if we prepped meat.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Where are you keeping your trash if you don't take it out every night? Even if we have a very small bag of trash, we take it to the outside bin every night. We don't want bugs or worse in the house.

In a trash can…
Do you empty your cans even if they’re not full?

Yes. I don't want any possible food stuffs left out in trash overnight inside. Not everything can go down the disposal. I literally have never heard of anyone not taking the trash out at night.

I've never heard of anyone taking out their trash nightly.

+1. Everyone I know takes it out when it’s full, if it’s trash night, or if there’s something particularly smelly in it. I have never heard of someone taking it out every night. Seems like a huge waste of bags too.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand. Where are you keeping your trash if you don't take it out every night? Even if we have a very small bag of trash, we take it to the outside bin every night. We don't want bugs or worse in the house.

In a trash can…
Do you empty your cans even if they’re not full?

Yes. I don't want any possible food stuffs left out in trash overnight inside. Not everything can go down the disposal. I literally have never heard of anyone not taking the trash out at night.

I've never heard of anyone taking out their trash nightly.

My BIL does, but he is OCD.