We always used carrier bags for kitchen waste, untill the new recycling methods were introduced, now we are supplied with small biodegradable bags, for food waste, and we save our bread bags for foils and film etc, after recycling we have very little to put in our black bin.
Mentioning (empty'ish) black bins, I think the introduction of garden waste charges and a new container, will have a negative effect on reducing land fill targets, we will go from six bags to one bin, risking the obvious.