Environmental friendly trash bags? I was reading this article, and what people posted after the article, and I was just wondering what is the best thing to use to collect garbage? I am somwhat ruthless about recycling (our city makes it very easy - you just throw all of the acceptable things into a cart). I usually take my own bags to the store when shopping, because I hate plastic bags, that is not somthing new, I have always hated them. Anyhow, to get to the point. I do all of this stuff, and make my family do it, but we still put our garbage in plastic garbage bags. I am thinking that they take a long time to break up. So I would appreciate hearing what everyone else does.
Does anyone have an alternative? Paper is one alternative, but it seems like it would get really messy.

Please let me know!

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7 months ago

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1315...
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Yup

There are several brands of biodegradable %26quot;plastic%26quot; bags available for trash etc

The bags have a limited life but otherwise function absolutely fine (ie they don%26#039;t fall to pieces when you use them)

If your local store doesn%26#039;t store them check on the intranet - many sites sell these. Check for EPA validation just to make sure.

Good on you for taking the initiative 64% 7 Votes

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• you can get enviromentally friendly bags made from cornstarch plastic however... do to the lack of oxygen in the dump the bag won%26#039;t compost... nor will anything else 36% 4 Votes