a dripless trash bag formed from flattened material such as plastic sheeting or tubular plastic is configured to absorb liquid waste accumulating therein by means of a perforated transverse retaining weld located between top and the bottom ends of the bag and intermittently sealing front and back sides of the bag . an absorbent material located between the retaining weld and the bottom end may be hydrophilic or hydrophobic , and may be a strip of absorbent material or a liquid - permeable container enclosing an absorbent material such as a desiccant . one or more voids defined in the perforated retaining weld allow passage of liquid through the weld into contact with the absorbent material .