Trash Bags and Inventory Management

Most players treat trash bags like something you grab when you remember. Wrong model. Bags are the throughput cap on the whole cleaning loop — wrong bag in a slot and you stop collecting whether you want to or not.

Hub context: garage through forest route.

Buy from the tablet E-shop

Open T → E-shop. Bags sit next to other cleaning gear — no separate vendor.

Buy before you leave the garage, not mid-route. Returning to shop mid-clean is dead time.

If you know the next zone, buy the bag type that matches that garbage. Buying blind means carrying a bag you cannot use.

Equip to inventory slots

Purchased bags do nothing until they occupy a slot. This is the step people skip, then wonder why collection stalls.

1. Open inventory from tablet or in-game menu.
2. Select the purchased bag.
3. Assign to an open slot.
4. Confirm it is active before exiting the garage.

Trash picker usually keeps its slot — bag count flexes around it.

Match bag types to garbage

Not every bag collects every pile. Treating them as interchangeable fills inventory with dead weight.

Role	Handles	When I carry it
Standard bag	General roadside and garage trash	Default — always equipped
Type-specific bag	Garbage a standard bag will not pick up	Only when the route needs it
Spare bag	Backup when the active bag fills	Long routes with no shop

Full bag is a hard stop. Active bag full, no spare — run is over no matter how much trash is left on the ground.

Upgrade inventory slots

Real gains live here. More slots → more bags → longer uninterrupted collection.

When I tested slot upgrades vs buying extra bags alone, the upgrade won every time. Bags without slots are inventory you cannot use.

Hub upgrade order: Phase III.

My garage loadout routine

Same sequence every departure — consistency beats improvisation.

1. Check tablet shop for bag stock.
2. Buy bag types the next zone needs.
3. Equip to open slots.
4. Confirm trash picker is still slotted.
5. Leave only when no slot is wasted.

Empty slot on a long route is wasted capacity you already paid for.

Mistakes I see

• Buying bags but never equipping them.
• One bag type for every zone — type mismatch stalls mid-route.
• Ignoring slot upgrades — highest-value purchase in the bag economy.
• Leaving the garage with empty slots.

Bags are not a minor consumable. They are the ceiling on every run. Get the economy stable here, then pour upgrades into picker and vehicle on the hub route.