Perf Go Green Offers Biodegradable Trash Bags
Perf Go Green Holdings, Inc., announced today that its 13-gallon kitchen trash bags and 30-gallon lawn and leaf bags have hit Walgreens’ shelves around the country. Made of biodegradable plastic, which is crafted from recycled plastics and an Oxo-Biodegradable proprietary application method, the bags are designed to biodegrade within two years.
“We are thrilled that our biodegradable bags are available nationwide with this leading retailer, offering consumers and easy, cost-effective way to reduce plastic waste and benefit the environment as they shop for household necessities,” said Tony Tracy, chairman and CEO.
Perf Go Green bags are available at more than 6,000 Walgreens locations throughout the U.S. “Perf Go Green is helping to lead the way in the ‘go green movement,’ which analysts project will become a $500 billion market in the U.S. by 2009,” said Tracy.
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Jane
posted on October 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Is this really true? I thought even biodegradable things like yard waste in paper bags didn’t biodegrade in landfills, because everything is so tightly compressed that it doesn’t get enough air to break down.
I would love to be wrong! Am I?
Sally Sullivant
posted on October 28th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Not so biodegradable after all:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/perf-go-green-biodegradable-plastics.php
Sharon Root
posted on October 28th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
For ultimate biodegrading, three elements are needed…air, light and water. In a landfill two of the three are missing…air and light. They’ve done landfill digs and brought things to the surface to see how much decomposing happens and at what rates. If they can read newspapers that have been buried for five years and more, a plastic bag won’t be going away for quite a long time.
BeGreen!
posted on October 29th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
If these bags are mixed with regular plastics to be recycled will it contaminate the materials? Because if it does then mixing these would cause tons of downgraded recycled materials to end up in a landfill because it would be of no use for remaking plastic products hence this would be the opposite of green.
JRober
posted on November 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am
I may give them a try. A slight improvement to the plastic bags I normally buy sounds good. I take my own washable cloth bags to the grocery store; that’s drastically cut down on the amount I take back for recycling. Most stores are selling those; usually for a nominal amount.
Jane Allen
posted on November 27th, 2009 at 12:16 am
The green approach is sound in Perf Go Green. 96% of all trash ends up in a land fill or discarded in the environment. This bag has been proven to biodegrade in those situations. The only problem is that these are .50 cents a bag. Ouch!! I use a product call Pride Green. Same exact green technology excep they are .13 cents a bag. I like them because they do not punish the consumer for making a green purchasing decision. Go PrideGreen. You can find them at:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pridegreen&sprefix=pridegreen