For a scientific solution, if at all possible, would be to take it off the van, pour water into it to determine the volume.
However, the volume alone might not be sufficient.
I would measure the depth of the bin as well as the size of the opening so as to help with finding the bin liners that fit.
I don't have this issue with my van as I strap a bin bag, usually recycled tank top type bags from shops/markets, onto two hooks that I added to the exterior of the under-sink cupboard in the kitchen. I recently bought 100 blue ones off Amazon as I am running out.
However, I have this issue with the bin at home, as it is a tall bin, and the normal 30L ones for tall bins do not fit well, in that when the load starts to get heavy, it will sink towards the bottom and drag the top off the ream of bin, if you know what I mean.
Hence I believe the depth of the bin is important.
I get the 50L ones for my 30L tall bin at home nowadays.
DK
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Haven't got the foggiest what dimension or capacity my bin bags are, they are decades old and left over from a domestic bin we used to have, but found a new use in the caravan. Point being, there are bags (or at least used to be!) bags that fit the caravan bin perfectly!
What is amazing is that we all used to use plastic carrier bags which were free from the supermarket. They were banned because of pollution.
Now we buy carrier bags by the roll. Exactly the same product but perfectly OK to use them for bin liners!
Our door bin is the older Hartal 'D' shaped one with a hinged fitting that the bag fits over and clips on top at the front. I find that a very small bulldog clip fitted at the back, over the bag's top edge and on the flat of the D, stops stuff going down the back of the bag.
Dave.
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Quote: Originally posted by DaveS1 on 18/2/2025
What is amazing is that we all used to use plastic carrier bags which were free from the supermarket. They were banned because of pollution.
Now we buy carrier bags by the roll. Exactly the same product but perfectly OK to use them for bin liners!
Yup!
I had to replenish by purchasing suitable new ones from Amazon as I have run out of stock of old ones from supermarkets which was my main source of plastic bags for use in my van for general rubbish.
I don't use one for recyclables and use a collapsible crate instead.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
Quote: Originally posted by DaveS1 on 18/2/2025
What is amazing is that we all used to use plastic carrier bags which were free from the supermarket. They were banned because of pollution.
Now we buy carrier bags by the roll. Exactly the same product but perfectly OK to use them for bin liners!
Sorry, bit off topic.
Bit of a bone of contention on CAMC sites at moment, they have discontinued using bin liners and dustbins at service points in the name of reducing plastic in the environment, boldly claiming how many millions of bags they've stopped using, TOTALLY failing to grasp that campers are using far more bags to transport individual waste to the centralised bins! I always used to use a bucket for dry waste and tip waste (without additional plastic bag) into the service point bins, now I have to bag it to take to the central waste point! DOH! .... it gets worse, people now drive to the central waste point rather than walk to the many convenient service points! Double DOH!
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Topic: Bin bags
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