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BioBag Lawn & Leaf
BioBag is the world's largest brand of 100% biodegradable and 100% compostable bags and films made from the material, Mater-Bi.
BioBags contain GMO free starch and other renewable resources. No polyethylene is used in the production process. BioBag products meet ASTM D6400
specifications and California SB 1749 requirements. These lawn & leaf bags are 33 gallon, 32.5" x 39" and are 1 mil thick.
Changing the World Without Changing the Earth
Naturally, making bags from corn instead of polyethylene is a major advance in environmental technology... but BioBags doesn't stop there.
Did you know they only use GMO free certified corn? Or that their soy-based inks and dyes are CEN certified for restricted use of heavy metals? Or that they're
DEBIO certified for use in organic agriculture? Why do they set such high standards? Because... Nature Knows The Difference.
We also offer Kitchen Bags and BioBag Dog Waste Bags.
Facts about BioBags:
- BioBags are 100% biodegradeable and compostable.
- BioBags are made of cornstarch, biodegradeable and compostable polyester and vegetable oil.
- BioBags are completely biodegraded after 10 to 45 days depending on the composting method.
- BioBags comply with FDA and EU requirements for packaging in the food industry.
- BioBags and the green printing dye are certified as "OK Compost" - the EU standard EN-13432,
according to which the bag and the pigment to not have any adverse effect on the compost. The bag
is also certified by DIN CERTCO and has a Norwegian EK certificate.
- BioBags "breathe", and reduce the weight of its contents by up to 25% in five days.
- BioBags are more environmentally friendly regarding production and transportation/logistics than
alternative bags for collecting organic waste.
- BioBags are a shelf stable product, just like paper plates or paper towels. Its qualities for
decomposition are activated by usage.
- BioBags contain no petroleum.
Facts about Plastic Bags
Regular polyethylene-based plastic bags can take well over 100 years to degrade and are not compostable. Less than 2% of
all plastic bags ever get recycled. Plastic bags litter our streets, backwoods and waterways. Studies indicate that 100,000 marine animals
and 2 million birds die each year from ingesting or being caught up in plastic debris. Some manufacturers are blending additives to
polyethylene to product "degradable" bags. Unfortunately, this process fragments the bags into pieces of plastic debris that do not meet the
ASTM D6400-99 standard for biodegradable and compostable plastic.
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