What size bags fit a 64 or 96 gallon cart

A 64-gallon cart takes a 65-gallon bag measuring about 50 by 60 inches. A 96-gallon cart takes a 95-gallon bag measuring about 61 by 68 inches. The gallon number on a bag box is a size class rather than a measurement of the can it fits, so the only figure that matters is the flat dimensions: width must be at least half the cart's circumference, and length must cover the internal height plus enough to fold over the rim.

That is why a 64-gallon bag does not line a 64-gallon cart. The bag's rating describes roughly how much it holds when loosely filled as a sack, not the vessel it was cut for - and a bag sized to hold 64 gallons loose is too small to line a rigid 64-gallon box.

These are the pairings a bag manufacturer publishes for wheeled cans. Use the row for your cart, not the row that matches your cart's number.

The 64 and 65-gallon rows are the detail people trip on. Both take a 65-gallon class bag, but the 64-gallon cart needs 60 inches of length against 48 for a 65-gallon can, because a curbside cart is tall and narrow where a commercial 65 is short and wide. Buy on the dimensions.

A liner in a kitchen can carries ten or fifteen pounds. A liner in a 96-gallon cart can carry well over a hundred, and it has to survive being dragged up and over a rim by one person. Mil thickness is what decides whether that happens.

The guidance bag manufacturers give for everyday kitchen-type trash is around 0.9 mil, and that number is fine inside a kitchen can. Carry it into a cart and the bag tears on the rim as you lift it. For a cart, 1.5 mil is the sensible floor and 2 to 3 mil is right if yard waste goes in. What mil actually means.

The two cart sizes this page is about. Both are rated by the manufacturer in nominal gallons, which is the number you then ignore when buying bags.

Best outdoor cart overall

Toter Heavy Duty Two-Wheel Trash Cart, 64 Gallon

The cart most municipalities issue, sold retail: rotationally molded, ten-year warranty, and a lid hinged to the body.

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Best large capacity

Toter Heavy Duty Two-Wheel Trash Cart, 96 Gallon

The 96-gallon cart: the biggest size most automated collection trucks will lift, for households that fill a 64 every week.

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Lining a wheeled cart is usually the wrong habit, and almost nobody does it. A curbside cart exists to hold the bags you already tied in the kitchen, and a cart-sized liner adds cost, adds a sheet of plastic to the waste stream, and is genuinely hard to lift out when full.

• Line it if loose waste goes in. Grass clippings, sawdust, ash, anything that cannot be bagged first - here a liner saves you from washing the cart.
• Line it if the cart has to come inside. A liner is the difference between a cart you can keep in a garage and one you cannot.
• Do not line it for bagged household trash. The bags are the liner. A second liner around them does nothing except cost money.
• Do not line it to avoid cleaning. A vented cart with a hose and a brush takes five minutes twice a year. How to clean an outdoor garbage can.

There is a design reason this matters too. Rubbermaid molds venting channels into the wall of its BRUTE containers specifically to break the vacuum that forms behind a wet bag - it states bag removal is 50% easier as a result. That feature is there for the kitchen bags you drop in, and a full cart liner fights it.

On most American streets the cart at the curb belongs to the municipality or the hauler, not to you, and the rules about what goes in it are theirs. Several things worth confirming before you buy a case of 95-gallon liners:

1. Whether loose waste is allowed at all. Some haulers require everything bagged; some require yard waste unbagged in a separate cart.
2. Whether they will service a lined cart. An automated truck tips the cart. A liner that slides out and hangs up on the lift is a problem the driver gets to solve.
3. Whether bag color matters. Clear liners are mandated in some collection areas for sorting, and black ones are refused.
4. What the weight limit is. Carts have stated load ratings, and a 96 filled with wet yard waste will exceed them before it is full.

If you are still choosing the cart itself rather than the bag for it, the size decision is on 64 vs 96 gallon carts, and the full ladder of outdoor sizes is in outdoor trash can sizes.