Green your trash bags

Is there anything more boring than talking about trash bags? Not much I’d wager, but consider how many you use. Dozens, maybe even hundreds per year? Plastic trash bags pose some major threats to the environment – most are made of new plastic which of course takes non-renewable resources to make plus they’re just going to sit, full of trash, in the landfill forever.

You can try:

Making less trash to start with. This is not an easy task, but any family, with a little work can do it. Take a green home trash audit then make some decisions to grind up or compost old food, and recycle all the trash you can.

If you get paper bags with your groceries (although you should be using a reusable bag) you can use them to hold trash, although they fail when it comes to wet trash. However, they will biodegrade where as plastic bags of trash will not.

Recycled plastic bags are not great but they are a much better choice than conventional bags. Many recycled plastic bags contain a large amount of recycled plastic. They still create pollution during the manufacturing process, but not as much as new plastic bags, and use less petroleum as well.

Where to find recycled plastic trash bags:

• Seventh Generation
• Best Earth-Friendly Trash Bags
• BioBag Biodegradable & Compostable Bags

Talking about trash bags may not be fun but by greening your trash bags you can help protect the earth.

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