Spuds hold the answer to global plastic bag problem 

Biopac helps shops go plastic free with compostable alternative

Environmental havoc is continuing with the pressing issue of discarded plastic carrier bags not being recycled. A sea of plastic is still clogging landfill, tangling up animals and blowing into the oceans as marine litter, fatally disturbing aquatic life. Biopac, a leading developer of eco-friendly packaging materials has created ‘Good Bag’, a re-useable, compostable carrier bag alternative to ‘white pollution’.

Made from 100% waste potato starch, the new Biopac Good Bag rots down completely and safely turns into healthy compost in just 12 weeks if put on a compost heap. It can also be discarded within domestic food-waste bins, collected by the council. The bags ultimately turn into carbon dioxide, water, and non-toxic raw materials.

This product also exposes the consumer myth about so-called environmentally friendly bags where the terms ‘degradable’ and ‘bio-degradable’ are misleadingly promoted with false connotations. The Environment Agency agrees that these are in fact totally unsuitable for soil. These bags actually just leave behind a piling mountain of indigestible smaller pieces of toxic fragmented plastic that take years to break down and may not be safe for soil, waterways and animals.
 
The Good Bag was a key player in the success of the recent Gloucester Road Alternative Bag Campaign (GRAB) initiative in Bristol. More than 50 businesses signed up to a pledge where pioneering local residents and traders hope to phase out regular plastic bags in favour of alternatives that can be reused and composted. So far, shoppers seem to be wiling to change their behaviour. During the trial, one retailer went from giving out 1,000 plastic bags per week to selling 150 paid-for compostable bags in one week.

Generic and own-branded versions of Good Bag are available from Biopac on 01386 555 777 or e-mail info@biopac.co.uk.

Biopac

Biopac has established a wide range of biodegradable and compostable packaging materials.

http://www.biopac.co.uk



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