Local inventor's trash bag hanger to be sold at Wal-Mart, manufactured in Ferndale

If you're picking up trash and don't have a trash can handy, this cool new gizmo keeps your bag open, eliminating the need to bend down to stuff trash in your limp sock of a bag.

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"Wal-Mart agreed last month to sell theportable, reusable trash holder invented by a Michigan man online and in stores nationwide.

John Cundy, a 49-year-old clay sculptor for General Motors, came up with the idea for the inventionabout three years ago when he was helping cleaning up a mess left behind at a high school track meet. Walking around toting a garbage bag, he said he realized there had to be a better way...

The Trash-Ease, which is being manufactured in Ferndale and Traverse City, has gone through six iterations. It hangs a 13-gallon trash bag just about anywhere, on bleachers, picnic tables, even kitchen counters."

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