Tips to replace your plastic bags

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Many people use plastic bags when they go to make the purchase and although it seems that we do not use many, if we add up the thousands of bags that a supermarket gives in a day, the tons of plastics are impressive. Replacing plastic bags should be one of the objectives we must have to be more respectful with the environment, but… how can we achieve it?

Tips to replace plastic bags

An excellent advice is the use of biodegradable bags, which are manufactured from a specific mixture of organic materials, such as potato starch or corn and degradable synthetic fibers. This kind of bags degrade completely after 18 months without causing any kind of environmental problem or contamination.

Another alternative that everyone has is the use of reusable canvas bags. Who does not have them at home where they can store their purchases? Those that are made of cotton, are degraded in periods of time that comprises between 1 and 5 months, as long as they do not have stamped with ink that contains some heavy metals.

In this case, it is best to use organic bags made of 100% organic cotton that comes from plantations in which no chemical substances or pesticides have been used. These kinds of bags are usually found in fair trade stores.

Another great tip when shopping is to buy in bulk, which allows consumers to carry their own packaging without having to buy any kind of bags at the store. This reduces the consumption of bags and reduces the consumption of both bags and packaging of the products, which will help us all to stop using plastic bags.