A full box of seventy 50-gallon trash bags is one of those unglamorous purchases that separates a smooth production from a chaotic one. Between craft services, lunch, expendable scraps, gel trims, and the general debris of a working crew, a busy set generates an astonishing amount of waste, and the PA or locations person with a fat box of contractor-size bags is always the hero at wrap.
The 50-gallon size is the production standard for a reason. It lines the big brute cans at crafty and the catering line, swallows bulky items like foam core offcuts, paper products, and packaging without tearing, and doubles as emergency weather protection in a pinch. Crews routinely press these bags into service as rain covers for equipment cases and monitors, ground cover for kneeling shots, wardrobe transport, wet-clothes containment, and makeshift trash separation at wrap when a location requires everything hauled out. Leaving a location cleaner than you found it is the golden rule of location work, and that job runs on trash bags in quantity.
Buying by the 70-count box means one line item covers the whole job. Distribute a roll to crafty, one to the truck, one to locations, and there is still plenty left for the last-day deep clean that gets your deposit back.
• Count: 70 bags per box
• Capacity: 50 gallons per bag
• Fits full-size brute-style trash cans
• Handles set debris, catering waste, and bulky scraps
• Doubles as emergency rain and ground protection
• One box covers a full production week for most crews
70-count boxes of 50-gallon trash bags are in stock for purchase at Lightbulb Rentals in NYC, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, and can be added to any rental order with the rest of your production supplies. Add a box to every order as a standing habit and the last hour of your wrap will go noticeably faster on every single job.
