Husky 42-Gal Contractor Bags 20-Count — Leave-No-Trace Cleanup

Heavy-duty 42-gal contractor bags for camp trash that kitchen liners cannot survive. Leave-no-trace packing lists and Coachella camp checklists keep calling out contractor-grade bags.

Why we pick this

Standard kitchen bags split the minute a sharp can or a wet bag of ice hits them, and then you're picking trash out of the dirt. Contractor bags hold up, and packing out your trash is on you. They also make a decent ground liner, a rain cover for a pack, and a dust sack for dirty clothes on the drive home. Keep a few loose in the car, too.

• Bring it when: Every camping fest. Leave no trace means you carry it all home.
• Skip it if: Never. Everybody needs trash bags.
• In the box: A box of heavy 42-gallon contractor bags.
• Field tip: Double-bag anything wet and keep one bag just for recycling. Sorting at home is miserable.
• Sort if your fest sorts: label one bag recycling and one landfill. The bags carry it all home; they're not for leaving a pile by the gate.
• Fall note: on muddy October walk-ins, one bag over your pack is a fast rain cover, and one under the sleeping pad keeps ground damp out. See festival camping in the rain.