Comments on: Recycled Plastic Vs. Hybrid Corn/Plastic – Which One Makes A Better Trash Bag?

By: david

david — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:41:03 +0000

Thanks for letting us know your habits Diane, I wish more people could only toss 1 bag a month!

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:58:26 +0000

I don’t have all that much trash (family of 3, so 1 bag a month doesn’t amount to much. 1. I avoid buying anything in a container I can’t reuse, recycle or compost. My small town has recycling for the usual items and once a month I take a trip to the “big city” where I can recycle things like batteries, styrofoam, appliances etc. 2. I use whatever bags are least expensive a few times to carry recycling until they start looking old, then I use one of them for what little real trash that goes to the landfill. Even if it is ‘new’ plastic, it isn’t new by the time I throw it in the landfill. 3. I don’t buy the corn/biodegradeable products – 1 bag a month doesn’t amount to all that much compared to what people in my area throw away. Even if it takes 500 years to decompose, I doubt future archaeologists will ever find my little bag in with all their trash.

By: David

David — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:18:48 +0000

I did watch King Corn and “enjoyed” it – it taught me a lot about the industry. I too hate using food for things like cups and trash bags.

By: Alline Anderson

Alline Anderson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:51:58 +0000

I’ve gotta go with the recycled bags for three reasons. 1. If we are are going to continue to use plastic on any level (almost impossible to stop (check out what Beth is doing on http://www.fakeplasticfish.com) it is our responsibility to support manufacturers producting items from recycled materials. 2. We MUST stop using food (i.e. corn) for things other than eating in order to change the huge corporate agriculture system. Watch the documentary “King Corn” (http://tinyurl.com/5twjth) for an eye-opening perspective on how gigantic and awful it truly is. 3. Read Mark’s comment above. Landfills aren’t designed to degrade – think about landfill diversion. Lastly, it seems to me that Biobags make sense only if one is going to compost the bag and contents. Our kitchen compost bin is stainless steel, and easy to empty and wash, so no bags are needed. Once again, so much gray area, so little black and white!