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EPA's Recommended Recovered Materials Content Ranges:

Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) recommends recycled-content levels for purchasing plastic trash bags as shown in the table below.

EPA's Recommended Recovered Materials Content Levels
for Plastic Trash Bags ¹

Product: Material (%): Postconsumer Content (%):

Plastic Trash Bags Plastic 10-100

¹EPA's recommendation does not preclude procuring agencies from purchasing a trash bag manufactured using another material, such as paper. It merely recommends that procuring agencies, when purchasing plastic trash bags, purchase items made from recovered materials.

Liner Selection Guide

The following is a table of some of the more popular waste receptacles available on the market along with common size and liner used with each. Find the container that matches yours and note the liner size. Then choose the correct size liner in the strength you need.

Receptacle

Description

Min. Liner Size

Rectangular Wastebasket
3-1/2 gal. - 11-3/8" x 8-1/4" x 12-1/8"H - Small
7 gal. - 14-3/8" x 10-1/4" x 15"H - Medium
10 gal. - 15-1/4" x 11" x 19-7/8"H - Large

20 x 21
24 x 33
24 x 31

Metal Rectangular Wastebasket
7½ gal. - 17" x 8" x 15"H

24 x 23

Metal Round Wastebasket
6-1/2 gal. - 13-1/2" dia. x 14-1/2"H

20 x 21

Untouchable® Half Round
21 gal. - 21" x 11" x 28"H

33 x 39

Untouchable® Round
22 gal. - 15-3/4" dia. x 30-1/8"H

30 x 36

Untouchable® Square
19 gal. - 14-1/2" sq. x 24"H
23 gal. - 14-1/2" sq. x 28"H

30 x 36

30 x 36

Slim Jim®
23 gal. - 20" x 11" x 30"H

33 x 39

Profile
15 gal. - 19-1/2" x 11-7/8" x 32-5/8"H

33 x 39

Ranger®
35 gal. - 19-1/2" sq. x 39-3/4"H
45 gal. - 21-3/8" sq. x 40-3/4"H

38 x 58
42 x 47

Wastemaster
24 gal. - 14" sq. x 35-1/2"H

30 x 36

Torpedo Round Top/Marshal®
15 gal. - 15-3/8" dia. x 36-1/2"H
21 gal. - 18" dia. x 42"H

30 x 36
36 x 58

Round Step-On Can
4-1/2" gal. - 13-1/4" dia. x 15-3/8"H

24 x 31

Rectangular Step-On Can
8 gal. - 16-1/4" x 15-3/4" x 17-1/8"H
12 gal. - 16-1/4" x 15-3/4" x 23-5/8"H
18 gal. 19-3/4" x 16-1/8" x 26-1/2"H

34 x 31
30 x 36
30 x 36

Step-On Mobile Can
23 gal. - 19-3/4" x 16-1/8" x 32-1/2"H

30 x 36

The Defender® Round Step Can
3-1/2" gal. - 11" dia. x 17"H

24 x 23

The Defender® Square Step Can
7 gal. - 12" sq. x 17"H
12 gal. - 12" sq. x 23"H
24 gal. - 15" sq. x 30"H

24 x 31
24 x 31
33 x 39

Round Brute®
10 gal. - 15-5/8" dia. 17-1/8"H
20 gal. - 19-1/2" dia. x 22-7/8"H
32 gal. - 22" dia. x 27-1/8"H
44 gal. - 24" dia. x 31-1/2"H
55 gal. - 26-1/2" dia. x 33"H

24 x 31
30 x 36
33 x 39
40 x 46
42 x 47

Square Brute®
28 gal. - 21-1/2" sq. x 22-1/2"H
40 gal. - 23-1/2" sq. x 28-3/4"H
50 gal. - 25" sq. x 32-1/4"H

42 x 47
27 x 24 x 46
27 x 24 x 46

Recovered Materials Advisory Notice (RMAN) recommends recycled-content levels for purchasing plastic trash bags as shown in the table below.

EPA's Recommended Recovered Materials Content Levels for Plastic Trash Bags ¹

¹EPA's recommendation does not preclude procuring agencies from purchasing a trash bag manufactured using another material, such as paper. It merely recommends that procuring agencies, when purchasing plastic trash bags, purchase items made from recovered materials.

The following is a table of some of the more popular waste receptacles available on the market along with common size and liner used with each. Find the container that matches yours and note the liner size. Then choose the correct size liner in the strength you need.

EPA's Recommended Recovered Materials Content Levels
for Plastic Trash Bags ¹