Ditch those plastic bags for ones made out of plants!
These biodegradable cellulose bags are sturdy and eco-friendly, so whether you are running a restaurant or household, these bags should do the trick!
Typical plastic bags are derived from petroleum and take well over a lifespan to decompose. So why not clear your conscience and the landfill with these cellulose bags? Cellulose is the primary component of the cell walls of plants - completely natural and nontoxic, can be composted, is 100% biodegradable -- and can also be recycled with other paper products.
Cellulose bags have no plastic coating, making them great for food storage because, unlike plastic, they don't release gases which spoil food taste. They are heat sealable, anti-static, and made in the USA! They are excellent for microwaving, freezer storage, lunch bags, teas, spices, candies, dried food items and more. Use the freezer size at the grocery store instead of plastic for produce and bulkk items!
The cellulose used in our bags is 195 MST. This indicates a 1 mil. thickness. These bags can be composted in your home compost or commercial composting facilities and biodegrades in 30 to 90 days in soil.
These bags were recently featured in The Environmental Magazine!
A single layer of cellulose material that is truly compostable. These Natureflex films are based strongly on renewable resources and are fully certified to the European (EN13432) and American (ASTM D6400) norms for compostable packaging. In addition they have been proven to be suitable for Home Composting and will also biodegrade in a waste-water environment.
The test programs for EN13432 and ASTM D6400 confirm the suitability of a material for composting in an Industrial setting (e.g. via Municipal collection). In an industrial composting situation the conditions can be optimized for rapid biodegradation and a high temperature is reached (typically circa 60ºC)
In many countries, however, consumers actively compost their garden waste at home, either in Compost Bins or Compost Heaps. These processes are more variable, less optimized and the temperature achieved is rarely more than 2 or 3ºC above the ambient temperature. Under such conditions certain compostable materials will not biodegrade sufficiently.
These cellulous bags however have been tested and approved to the OK Compost Home standard, which repeats the EN13432 test protocol at ambient temperature. They can therefore be successfully composted in a Home Composting environment and will typically break down in just a few weeks.
