Abstract: The tool for collecting refuse comprises an orifice structure having a collector span as a part thereof, plus an elongated handle member extending outwardly from the orifice structure opposite the collector span. The collector span consists essentially of a multiplicity of substantially parallel spaced stretches of wire. Connecting means between the substantially parallel stretches hold them in their parallel condition without the connecting means presenting an obstruction to sliding movement of refuse through the orifice structure on the upper planar surface of the parallel stretches and off the trailing exit edges thereof. The connecting means includes offset interconnections at least between different pairs of adjacent parallel stretches at a location proximate to the exit side of the orifice structure. The offset interconnections serve as abutment means for retaining the throat of a refuse receiving bag about the orifice structure at its exit side.