Have you noticed the different new “green” bags in your life?

Publish Time: 2020-07-28     Origin: Site

Have you noticed the different new “green” bags in your supermarket or grocer? They claim to be 100% compostable and biodegradable.

Most of them are made from PLA, a bioplastic. Bioplastic is a new type of plastic generally made from plant starch or sugars, and not from petroleum. Having the name BIO in the plastic can be a bit misleading since they don’t just biodegrade like a banana peel.

So is PLA really compostable?

The short answer is YES! But the plastic is only compostable if you bring it to an industrial composting facility that accepts PLA plastic, and there aren’t that many.

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