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The Hook on the Garbage Can Trick

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This trick for using adhesive command hooks on your garbage cans is so simple, but can save you a whole lot of frustration! I love little tricks like this!

This trick for using adhesive command hooks on your garbage cans is so simple, but can save you a whole lot of frustration! I love little tricks like this hook on the garbage can trick!

Don’t you hate it when your garbage bag falls down into your garbage can? Then you go to change it and realize what has happened and you need to get another bag to dump the mess into and clean the whole can out before you can finally put a new bag in. You know what I’m talking about. It’s happened to the best of us. 🙂

This trick for using adhesive command hooks on your garbage cans is so simple, but can save you a whole lot of frustration! I love little tricks like this hook on the garbage can trick!

This little trick solves all that so it will save you a lot of time and frustration if you have a garbage can that has this happen to it often.

How to do the Hook on the Garbage Can Trick

So here’s what you do!

Take 2 of these little command hooks and stick them upside down on either side of your garbage can. They come in clear as well if you have a garbage can that’s any color other than white.

The Command Hook on the Garbage Can Trick

Put your garbage bag into your garbage can and hook the handles over the command hooks on either side.

The Command Hook on the Garbage Can Trick

Now your bag can’t fall down inside your garbage can!

The Command Hook on the Garbage Can Trick

This works great if you re-use your plastic grocery bags as garbage bags, of course, because they have handles. (By the way, here’s how to fold your grocery bags into tidy little triangles like this! 🙂 )

The Command Hook on the Garbage Can Trick

Not to worry though if you use “kitchen catcher” style garbage bags or even big black garbage bags on larger garbage cans.

You can either pierce the end of your command hook through the plastic of the handles of your garbage bag or you can even just tie a little loop on the ends.

It takes a second or two more, but it’s definitely worth it for a garbage area that always stays tidy, don’t you think?

Do you use the hook on the garbage can trick on any of the trash cans around your house? Try this one out and let me know what you think!

The hook on the garbage can trick

 

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  2. Zurien says

    Thank you for this tip! It’s always so frustrating when the kids (and husband *rolls eyes*) miss the bag because it has slouched inside the bin, and later you’re forced to pick up the dropouts, some of which are wet and icky.

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  3. Gloria Gauntt says

    This is a good idea and I would use it if my kitchen garbage bags did not fit snugly over the edge of the garbage can so that they don’t fall down.

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  4. June Mathis says

    An easier and cheaper way is cut the top of a pantyhose at the waistband to make it like a large rubber band. Wrap it around the garbage bag and you never have to worry about it again. I have one that I’ve been using for years.

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  5. M. Rowe says

    Anytime you have to have a blood draw, keep the rubber that they use on your arm. That band can be used for the same thing. They also turn out to be very useful for other things.

    Would it be possible to put a place on your web where one can copy your ideas? I like to keep ideas in a binder for so I can refer to them later.

    Thank You

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    • Courtenay says

      That’s such a clever idea! I love that! As for saving ideas from my site, I find that the best way to do that is by using Pinterest. That way you can organize all of your ideas on to different boards for different categories and they’re easy to find at a glance. You could also copy and paste the text and a photo or two from a blog post into a Word document and print it out that way if you’re more of a paper person.

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  6. Ellen says

    I just tie a loose knot on the side of the bag after I put it on. Learned that from janitors, maids. If it isn’t wet trash, they also leave a few bags in the bottom of the trashcan before they put the bag on.

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  7. Donna says

    I think this is a very clever tip. My hesitation about it is those grocery bags getting used for garbage. With so many plastic grocery bags ending up in the landfills and the oceans, compostable garbage bags would be a more environmentally friendly choice. You could still use the same trick by just making a hole to hook it through … and also have a cleaner conscience. Hopefully, wherever you live, they have recycling facilities for those grocery bags.

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    • Courtenay says

      You’re so right, Donna! I heard somewhere that in some places (I think Italy?) all the plastic bags that are given out at stores are completely compostable. I don’t understand why we aren’t able to do the same thing here in Canada if it’s possible somewhere else. We’ve really reduced our plastic bag usage around here I’m happy to say, but it would be great if all plastic were compostable. Soon, I hope! I’ve started using a big market tote as my regular purse so I always have a bag with me whenever I stop into a store. It’s working really well so far!

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