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Jim S

On Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:34:45 UTC, Jim S wrote:
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Jim S

I have used - but don't know where it comes from - a sheet of plastic rolled into a cylinder which expands inside a bin-bag and stands upright

In the USA there is the 'leaf lasso' which turns a bin bag into a giant dustpan. Not showing on Amazon UK

Owain

On Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:34:45 UTC, Jim S wrote:
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Jim S

Well, years ago at least ONE did!

On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Yes. But this is uk.d-i-y you can make one by bending a length of scrap
solid core mains cable to fit inside the bag and then let go.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

Lousy idea putting the whole post in the subject, you can't read it with
many news readers.

"Jim S" wrote in message
a.com...

On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 09:28:21 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:
Lousy idea putting the whole post in the subject, you can't read it
with
many news readers.
"Jim S" wrote in message

Sorry I was posting from tablet while watching Midsomer Murders and
wasn't concentrating.

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Jim S

On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Watch your local council operatives. They walk around with a bag with
the mouth held open in one hand by a rigid device so that litter picked
by a telescopic litter picker can easily drop litter into the bag.

One way of fining out about this would be to ask your local council but
I suspect that these devices are readily available

Malcolm

On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

On 07/01/2015 22:28, Rod Speed wrote:
Lousy idea putting the whole post in the subject, you can't read it with
many news readers.

"Jim S" wrote in message
a.com...

Looks good to me. At least my newsreader doesn't insist on top posting.

Fredxxx wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Lousy idea putting the whole post in the subject,
you can't read it with many news readers.

"Jim S" wrote in message
a.com...

Looks good to me. At least my newsreader doesn't insist on top posting.

Mine doesn't either. I chose to do that that time because it made sense
that time and puts a bomb under prats that don't like to see that.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:27:49 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:

On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Yes. But this is uk.d-i-y you can make one by bending a length of scrap
solid core mains cable to fit inside the bag and then let go.

You have the right idea. I don't want a handle like the council litter
pickers, I just want something to stop it collapsing in the wind at the
instant I am about to tip in a shovelful of dry leaves. It happens every
time!
The original (from memory) was a hoop of flexible plastic which could be
twisted until inside then it pinged back to become a circle inside the bag.
PS I'm fresh out of solid core mains cable.
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Jim S

On 07/01/2015 23:21, Robert wrote:
On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

Screwfix £9.99

On 08/01/2015 07:04, stuart noble wrote:
On 07/01/2015 23:21, Robert wrote:
On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

Screwfix £9.99

An offcut of solid core mains cable formed to the right shape is a lot
cheaper and almost as effective.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

On 08/01/2015 09:41, Martin Brown wrote:
On 08/01/2015 07:04, stuart noble wrote:
On 07/01/2015 23:21, Robert wrote:
On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

Screwfix £9.99

An offcut of solid core mains cable formed to the right shape is a lot
cheaper and almost as effective.

The trouble with a "ring" is that it won't keep the bag upright, in the
way that a suitable dimensioned bit of plastic sheet rolled into a
cylinder will. I've been vaguely looking for suitable sheet, but an off
the shelf product would be good (if the price is OK).

In message ,
newshound writes
On 08/01/2015 09:41, Martin Brown wrote:
On 08/01/2015 07:04, stuart noble wrote:
On 07/01/2015 23:21, Robert wrote:
On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

Screwfix £9.99

An offcut of solid core mains cable formed to the right shape is a lot
cheaper and almost as effective.

The trouble with a "ring" is that it won't keep the bag upright, in the
way that a suitable dimensioned bit of plastic sheet rolled into a
cylinder will. I've been vaguely looking for suitable sheet, but an off
the shelf product would be good (if the price is OK).

I invested 99p in a folds out to triangular garden bag from the
remainder area of Aldi. Got it home and assembled it and thought this
looks really good. Next time in Aldi, they still had loads left, so I
bought another.

They are both still in the garage, as yet unused. Perhaps I'll have
enough energy to sweep up in the spring.
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Bill

In article ,
newshound writes
On 08/01/2015 09:41, Martin Brown wrote:
On 08/01/2015 07:04, stuart noble wrote:
On 07/01/2015 23:21, Robert wrote:
On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

Screwfix £9.99

An offcut of solid core mains cable formed to the right shape is a lot
cheaper and almost as effective.

The trouble with a "ring" is that it won't keep the bag upright, in the
way that a suitable dimensioned bit of plastic sheet rolled into a
cylinder will. I've been vaguely looking for suitable sheet, but an off
the shelf product would be good (if the price is OK).
They are available; try a garden centre. -very good if you're filling
the bag with hedge clippings etc. as the plastic sheet stops the twigs
poking through the bin bag.
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Chris Holford

On 08/01/2015 00:36, Jim S wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:27:49 +0000, Martin Brown wrote:

On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Yes. But this is uk.d-i-y you can make one by bending a length of scrap
solid core mains cable to fit inside the bag and then let go.

You have the right idea. I don't want a handle like the council litter
pickers, I just want something to stop it collapsing in the wind at the
instant I am about to tip in a shovelful of dry leaves. It happens every
time!

You can get spiral pop up garden waste bags, which you could probably
fit a binbag inside - holds it open and holds it upright.
Not necessarily this one, but you can get them in £stretcher type shops
http://img.tradeindia.com/fp/2/553/851.jpg

On 08/01/2015 22:55, Chris Holford wrote:
In article ,
newshound writes
On 08/01/2015 09:41, Martin Brown wrote:
On 08/01/2015 07:04, stuart noble wrote:
On 07/01/2015 23:21, Robert wrote:
On 07/01/2015 21:34, Jim S wrote:


Google litter picking HOOP or bin bag HOOP £10
Arco sell them as do Amazon( expensive)
Used them when litter picking for the NT.

Screwfix £9.99

An offcut of solid core mains cable formed to the right shape is a lot
cheaper and almost as effective.

The trouble with a "ring" is that it won't keep the bag upright, in the
way that a suitable dimensioned bit of plastic sheet rolled into a
cylinder will. I've been vaguely looking for suitable sheet, but an off
the shelf product would be good (if the price is OK).
They are available; try a garden centre. -very good if you're filling
the bag with hedge clippings etc. as the plastic sheet stops the twigs
poking through the bin bag.

Thanks. I rather tend to avoid garden centres, although my wife and her
girlfriends are very regular visitors. I will give her an action!

On 08/01/2015 22:55, Chris Holford wrote:
They are available; try a garden centre. -very good if you're filling
the bag with hedge clippings etc. as the plastic sheet stops the twigs
poking through the bin bag.

I've been keeping my eyes open, and haven't seen one.

Andy

In article , Vir
Campestris writes
On 08/01/2015 22:55, Chris Holford wrote:
They are available; try a garden centre. -very good if you're filling
the bag with hedge clippings etc. as the plastic sheet stops the twigs
poking through the bin bag.

I've been keeping my eyes open, and haven't seen one.

Andy
Bit out of the way, but, they have them in Blythe & Wright's ironmongers
in Sheringham, Norfolk
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Chris Holford

On 10/01/2015 20:06, Chris Holford wrote:
Bit out of the way, but, they have them in Blythe & Wright's ironmongers
in Sheringham, Norfolk

2 hours away. But the fact they have them implies you an still get them.
I'll keep my eyes open in the occasional real ironmongers I visit.
(Thorns in Norwich are pretty good, and I go there quite often)

Andy