Guiltless Garbage?

Guiltless Garbage?????? Really?
Oh how I wish. I'm never going to feel totally guilt free when it comes to sending my trash away to be buried in a hole. BUT....I do try to be a *see the glass half full* kind of gal not a *doom and gloom, screw it the world's gone to hell in a hand basket what difference does it make if I'm the only person worried about contributing to the ongoing pollution problems on earth* kind of gal.
We've done a pretty good job minimizing our waste and each week I'm happy to see our recyclables that go off to trash heaven out number the regular garbage. But that's not enough for me. There's something about packing our garbage in those big plastic trash bags that just drives me bonkers. It's so stupid. Why not just gift wrap it with pretty pink paper and a bow with a note for the future generations that reads "thanks for the earth's resources, screw you" while I'm at it.
Even if some of the trash I'm throwing away COULD break down in the landfill how's it gonna stand a chance all tidily encased in those familiar black trash bags? Even if the bags did break down easily it doesn't sound very lovely imagining the planet being enrobed in what essentially will be plastic dirt...yuck.
So what's the answer?
For me, for now, it's BioBags.
Get this, they're garbage bags that are biodegradable and compostable! Supposedly they will break down in the earth as easily as food scraps with no nasty residues or weird gunk.
What does this mean? My little pile of garbage in it's fancy *made from corn* bag tossed into a landfill with a zillion regular bags makes a difference? Yes, it will. For ME! That's the point of being human, we're not meant to control other people, live their lives for them. The only person you can truly affect and change is yourself. The only garbage I can truly manage is mine.
You know how in all those versions of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" how Jacob Marley comes to haunt Scrooge all tangled up in a chain he forged from his own greed, weighed down with all the money he hoarded in this life time? I think I'm afraid when we die it could be like that with garbage.
Can you imagine spending eternity in the waste and filth and trash you accumulated while alive. Ugggghhh, gross.
But on a brighter note my trash is just a little bit less guilt ridden this week for me. Since I can now use my pretty little BioBags. They fit my little kitchen trash can beautifully. And until we can become a zero waste producing household this'll have to do.

(and yes my kitchen trash is on wheels, pretty swanky huh?)

Note: A lot of wet garbage in these bags will eventually start breaking down the plastic. Which is actually a good thing cause that's what you want to happen in the earth. However if all your trash for the week is wet and in one of these bags it may start breaking down before hand. Just something to be aware of.