Bio plastic is made from plant-based materials such as corn starch, potato starch etc. Because of this they are compostable and they will biodegrade in your garden compost heap. I also read somewhere that you can return them to the food chain i.e feed them to your pig. Check that one out before you try.
Bio plastic can be used to make CARRIER BAGS… PRODUCE BAGS… POOP BAGS… BIN LINERS
Bio plastic bags are water proof for a limited amount of time – eventually there is seepage but you can certainly use them to carry fish or meat home. They also make great freezer bags.
Bio bags are the bags used in Modbury the plastic free town.
I find the 6 liter size best to take shopping. The 8 litre is obviously bin liner size, and eyebrows are raised when you ask to have your steak put in a bin liner.
Bio plastic bags can be bought from hundreds of shops on the internet, including Amazon & Ebay, and here where the money raised from the sale goes to charity.
Places to Use Your Bags
Other kinds of useful, plastic free bags are listed here.
Find loose food outlets listed on the loose foods list
Please note the scoop and save heading refers to a chain of shops so there will be more than one town listed in the one post.
More Information
Find out more about plastic, the boycott and us here
For more plastic free products go to the >>>A-Z<<< plastic free index.
May 8, 2008 at 7:59 pm
It is important that we start spreading awareness about plastic waste to kids. We recently released a kids’ animation called Gorilla in the greenhouse about a visionary green gorilla and four kids who discover the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (The Gyre) between Japan and Hawaii. In the show, kids decide to take action against plastic waste. What is amazing is that bunch of real kids have responded to by taking similar actions in their communities based upon what they see in our show and on our website. Check it out on http://www.greengorilla.com
October 22, 2009 at 10:04 pm
If you had to eat a crayon out of a box of 64, what color would it be? ,
November 2, 2009 at 6:40 am
I have no idea??
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February 19, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Hi, Nice website. I have been research biodegradable plastics this month but they are not as friendly as previously described. Bioplastics are polymers made from plant based starches such as corn. They include PLA (polylactic acid), PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) and PCL (polycaprolactone). Unfortunately, the need to be composted industrially and don’t break down in the natural environment. Like plastic, they do not degrade by themselves.
An article titled “Sustainability Metrics: Life Cycle Assessment and Green Design in Polymers” discusses this problem in Environmental Science and Technology[ 2010 (44)21 pp 8264-8269].
Plastics have a beneficial role is some arenas such as medical equipment but there overall use should be limited.
September 23, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Actually the bio bags I use do break down in my compost bin. While all disposable packaging comes with some environmental cost, I consider biobags to be lesser of evils. Thanks for dropping by and raising the issue x