Today, the bagging market remains one of the most visible and well-known to the general public for bioplastics.
The strategic choices made by manufacturers, pitting disposable solutions against reusable options, are finding a suitable response thanks to the varied use of bioplastics.
For many years, the garbage can bag market has also been an outlet for compostable (green or organic waste recovery) and biobased polymers.
ADVANTAGES
- Compatible with existing processes
- Lightweight and robust
- Mostly biobased
- Biodegradability (industrial or domestic composting)
- Potential improvement in environmental footprint
The ban on checkout or produce bags, unless they are home-compostable and biobased, is encouraging the adoption of these materials by opening up a wide range of outlets for them. In some cases, bags can be reusable if they are thicker than 50µm, allowing the use of only biobased versions such as biobased PE.