Specifications include, but are not limited to: The plastic refuse bags shall be a 40-gallon size and when filled shall support up to 40 pounds of garbage without any failure while being lifted, carried, or handled during collection operations. The refuse bags shall be a required minimum size of 40 inches in width and 46 inches in length. The thickness of the refuse bags shall be 4 MIL gauge minimum with zero tolerances. The bag shall be a virgin polyethylene, virgin reprocessed polyethylene or ethylene copolymer resin. The bag shall have a flat seal bottom connected together in a strip with perforated tear lines for easy separation. The center of each roll shall include a 1 – 1-½ inch core of plastic or cardboard. The bags shall be folded in half with the roll being 20 inches long and packaged in an individual cardboard carton. Each cardboard carton shall include a 6” wire tie for each bag.