Go Green Biodegradable Kitchen Bags – Making Our Trash Greener!
March 22, 2009 
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We finally found a local store that sells biodegradable trash bags. The discovery came from a tip off that our best shot at finding some biobags would be at a natural foods store. A visit to our local “Sprouts” farmers market turned up some biodegradable tall kitchen bags which we snapped up immediately.
http://sprouts.com/home.php
Perf Go Green Biodegradable Trash Bags
They are made by “Perf” and are named “Go Green” trash bags. The large trash bags, 26″ by 28″ (66cm by 71.1cm), are made from post consumer recycled plastics with plastic additives which conform to the ASTM D6954 standard. After researching the standards I believe the mechanism by which the bags completely biodegrade is as follows;
(Let’s put our scientist brains in…)
Total degradation of “green” plastics is a two stage process which happens as a result of exposure to heat, UV light, mechanical stress, or a combination of all three. Firstly the plastic is converted, by reaction with oxygen, to molecular fragments which are able to absorb water. Secondly these smaller oxidized molecules degrade by bio-degradation. The microbial growth on the molecular fragments leads to the formation of Carbon Dioxide, Water and biomass. There is no harmful residue left over.
Perf guarantee that the plastic will totally degrade in 2 years. The box is even made from 100% recycled paperboard. Perf produces a whole range of biodegradable plastic bags, you can view the full range here;
http://www.perfgogreen.com/products.html
We enjoyed getting home and finally putting some biodegradable garbage bags to use. The green tall kitchen bags fitted our pull out trash can perfectly and the bag handles make them super easy to tie off and throw away.
Our search for biodegradable plastics isn’t over yet though, we are going to continue to “vote with our wallets” and seek out more earth friendly plastic alternatives. Watch this space!
Even Our Dogs Approved!
I use to use Perf Go Green. They are good bags but they are expensive. When I found a company PrideGreen trash bags on the web, I switched. They are less than 1/2 the price and honestly they are better bags. Same biodegradable features but much stronger and durable. Plus they have more sizes. Check it out. http://www.prs-online.com/products.asp?dept=120
Hi Allen – Welcome to the Our Everyday Earth website, thanks for the great link, we will check out the Pride Green biodegradable trash bags. We like the Perf Go Green because we can just buy them from our local CVS pharmacy but I will definitely consider ordering some of the Pride Green online. Thanks
Thank you Allen for mentioning our line of biodegradable trash bags. You get it! We offer 8 different sizes and we are the low cost leader. We model our approach after Sam’s Club and Costco. Give value to the customer on loyal customers will evolve. We are changing the planet one bag at a time. You can find us on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pridegreen