This is a pretty mundane issue, but I am interested in any ideas that folks have for storing trash on short trips. I have been very uncreative in the past and simply brought a trash bag onboard. We try hard to minimize the trash but we still seem to end up tripping over any bag in the main cabin (which is also unsightly). I hate to sacrifice room under the sink (an obvious spot). Any clever ideas would be appreciated.
Trash ideas
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West Marine Catalog, and/or Overton's has a large, mesh bag with a mountable (via suction cups, adhesive tape, or screws) flat bracket that holds it upright with an elastic top opening so you can put wet stuff,etc, in. When fulll, you snap it off the mount and unzip the large bottom edge so all the trash falls out. One could be mounted inside and one outside. John
I am wondering if someone makes a "smasher" like the can smashers that could compact the trash by hand.
I am wondering if someone makes a "smasher" like the can smashers that could compact the trash by hand.
We picked up a small (4 gallon) waste basket at Target. Heck, it's even blue and matches the boat; it's the kind with the swivel opening in the top, so you don't have to look at the garbage. When trailering, it goes in the head on our 25; otherwise it's in the cockpit. It holds 4 gallon trash bags, so when it's full we drop the bag into a dumpster in a marina or other trash can ashore. Since the 22 doesn't have a separate head, you could put it under the table when traveling. It's plastic - no rust and easy to hose out if it needs it.
As a side note, when provisioning for the boat we eliminate as much packaging as convenient and toss it before it gets to the boat... that much less trash to have to deal with onboard. Cardboard isn't a good thing in a marine environment.
Best wishes,
Jim B.
As a side note, when provisioning for the boat we eliminate as much packaging as convenient and toss it before it gets to the boat... that much less trash to have to deal with onboard. Cardboard isn't a good thing in a marine environment.
Best wishes,
Jim B.
Pat Anderson
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Just one more advantage of the Airhead Composting Marine Toilet! Since there is no macerator pump, the well in the aft port area of the cockpit usually taken up by macerator is empty - a great place to store full trash bags out of sight until we can dispose of them on shore. Also, if we keep the CD25, I definitely want to remove the holding tank and put a Bomar door in for access to that area. Of course does not help the folks with either a CD22 or a standard marine head!
You can make a manual trash compactor. Plywood box, which is of dimentions which are to your liking (best place to stow). (actually the same size as a standard trash compactor would allow use of their bags. Glass it inside and out. Make a "Compactor" which is about 1/4" less than the dimensions of the inside of the box out of 3/4" plywood, put a holder for the back of the lever on the back of the box, a tubing from the lever to the "compactor" and then as the trash recpitical fills up, "compact it"--you will get about 3x the "normal" amount in the same size container. Then double bag it in "Construction bags" until you find some place to legally dump the trash.
CatyMae n Steve
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I found a fabric "popup" trash can (it folds back down flat when not in use) at Wally World...works great, and it's just the right size to sit under the dinette in the corner...but large enough in the base that it doesn't tip over...holds a small 3 (I think) gallon bag.
starcrafttom
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We just use the port lazaret. I have a battery in there so I can not use it for bait or crabs. we just have a small wire basket behind the sink with a small store bag in it . when it gets full we move it to a plastic bag in the lazaret. you can really get a lot in there.
One of the biggest trash problems on multi-days trips for us has been plastic water bottles. We tried the large 2.5 gal, but the nozzle opened accidentally and dumped a gallon into a storage compartment.
Possible solution: Use larger personal bottles with secure opening and put your name on it. When finished, crush and put in small trash bag mounted on hooks inside cabinet door under sink. We recycle
the plastic bags from the supermarket for this. Put filled trash bag into big trash bag into the stb sponson forward under berth, which is a very large space on a TC255 and can hold a lot of stuff you don't need to get to too often.
Bob Cat
Possible solution: Use larger personal bottles with secure opening and put your name on it. When finished, crush and put in small trash bag mounted on hooks inside cabinet door under sink. We recycle
the plastic bags from the supermarket for this. Put filled trash bag into big trash bag into the stb sponson forward under berth, which is a very large space on a TC255 and can hold a lot of stuff you don't need to get to too often.
Bob Cat
For drinking water we use the Brita pitcher filter--and the built in water tanks. That way, no water bottles. How is the water maker working?--that will give you water which is as pure as the bottled water--you might consider a small tank for the product water, than spill over into the main tank--that way you would always have drinking water separate,plus a water source free of chlorine for back flushing.
fisherkb, There is a catalogue from a company called Welcome Aboard where we purchased a plastic manual trash compactor. It's normal size and has a flip up handle that plunges a flat plate down into the container. being manual, it probably compresses 2:1 to 3:1 It's about $50 and well worth it.
Hi Folks,
When we give a vessel Exam in the USCGAux and USPS, one of the questions is how do you handle your trash. On larger vessels, how you handle your trash has to be in writing.
On INN THE WATER, I have a cloth tube that hangs in the cabin (port aft corner aver the seat. It has an elastic on the bottom and on the top. I stuff plastic grocery/store bags in the top, and pull out each bag as I need it from the bottom. I also have a small waste basket that sits under the sink. When I fill up a bag, I tie it and put it under my cockpit seat. When I get to shore and near a rubbish barrel, I toss it. It is a simple system and very cheap in cost. I think the tube cost less than $5.00 and color coordinates with my cabin colors. The bags are free.
Fred
When we give a vessel Exam in the USCGAux and USPS, one of the questions is how do you handle your trash. On larger vessels, how you handle your trash has to be in writing.
On INN THE WATER, I have a cloth tube that hangs in the cabin (port aft corner aver the seat. It has an elastic on the bottom and on the top. I stuff plastic grocery/store bags in the top, and pull out each bag as I need it from the bottom. I also have a small waste basket that sits under the sink. When I fill up a bag, I tie it and put it under my cockpit seat. When I get to shore and near a rubbish barrel, I toss it. It is a simple system and very cheap in cost. I think the tube cost less than $5.00 and color coordinates with my cabin colors. The bags are free.
Fred
A google search reveals a "Trash Masher" available at a number of sources for $39.99. This is also listed on the Boater's world Catalogue on page 190. Pretty much the same as the Plywood box I described above--the box or "Trash masher" serves as the waste basket--and you just mash it occasionally. The "tamper" is basically the lid and the handle/connecting rod are easily stowed in some other place. I don't happen to have one made currently--but if I get some spare time in the next week or so will make one. However, I suspect that my costs will probably be close to $40...unless I just happen to have all of the scrap I need, but epoxy and glass cloth bring the cost up significantly.
Alyssa Jean
New member
Fred said
Unless you have a state law that supercedes the CG regs the trash placard is only required on boats over 26 ft. Vessels over 40 ft must have a written Trash Management Plan if engaged in commerce or are equipped with a galley and berthing.
The trash placard is not required on inland lakes and sole state waters.
But there could be a state law in your state that supercedes this.
Unless you have a state law that supercedes the CG regs the trash placard is only required on boats over 26 ft. Vessels over 40 ft must have a written Trash Management Plan if engaged in commerce or are equipped with a galley and berthing.
The trash placard is not required on inland lakes and sole state waters.
But there could be a state law in your state that supercedes this.
Hi Folks,
I did not say anything about a trash placard. What I said is that a lot of the vessel examiners from both the USCGAux and USPS explain the laws about trash and about the trash placard for boats over 16 feet long. I also explain about the law on handling trash on larger vessels has to be written. I then explain how I handle trash as explained in the above E-mail.
You have to remember, and people who do vessel exams will verify, that many times when we are doing vessel exams, we are doing the exams to novice boaters who have never taken a boating safety course (not required nor is a license required in Massachusetts ) and we have a great opportunity to educate that novice boat owner on the laws. I admit that some of us, yours truly, go beyond what is required in the exam. Most novice boatowners are grateful in what we do, free of charge.
Sorry to confuse you.
Fred
I did not say anything about a trash placard. What I said is that a lot of the vessel examiners from both the USCGAux and USPS explain the laws about trash and about the trash placard for boats over 16 feet long. I also explain about the law on handling trash on larger vessels has to be written. I then explain how I handle trash as explained in the above E-mail.
You have to remember, and people who do vessel exams will verify, that many times when we are doing vessel exams, we are doing the exams to novice boaters who have never taken a boating safety course (not required nor is a license required in Massachusetts ) and we have a great opportunity to educate that novice boat owner on the laws. I admit that some of us, yours truly, go beyond what is required in the exam. Most novice boatowners are grateful in what we do, free of charge.
Sorry to confuse you.
Fred