If You Care FSC Certified 3 Gallon Compostable Food Waste Bags 30 per pack

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If You Care Compostable Trash Bags are completely polyethylene free and do not contain plasticizers.

Available in two sizes: Food Waste 3 gallon – perfect for collecting food scraps and food waste for use with kitchen counter compost pails; and Tall Kitchen 13 gallon – use for compostable waste; fits all tall kitchen 13-gallon pails.

6.1cm x 12.7cm x 6.1cm

If You Care Compostable Trash Bags are made from potato starch from non-GMO starch potatoes blended with a certified, fully compostable polymer. No plasticizers are added.. Starch is a mixture of a linear (amylose) and a branched (amylopectin) polymer of glucose. Potato starch has a higher percentage of amylopectin than either corn or wheat starch. Amylopectin gives starch its structural integrity, so it helps make If You Care Compostable Trash Bags stronger than bags made from corn starch. The potato starch used to make If You Care Compostable Trash Bags comes from starch potatoes, which are not grown as a food source, but only for starch production. These potatoes are too high in starch to be good for food. Therefore, there is no diversion from food supplies. In addition, to produce the same amount of starch from these potatoes as from corn requires 40% less land. Other compostable bags are made from corn which requires more water, but potatoes require no irrigation, and need only normal rainfall. Approximately 80 million tons of waste (U.S. EPA figures) which goes to landfill annually is material which under the right conditions, can be turned into compost, including food scraps, yard trimmings and non-recyclable paper. In a landfill environment, this trapped organic material (leaves, grass etc.) releases methane gas – a greenhouse gas – contributing to global warming. Diverting food scraps and yard trimmings from landfill to compost facilities – either municipal or commercial in areas where available – contributes significantly to preserving our planet and natural resources.

Quality with integrity, Certified compostable, No plasticizers and polyethylene

Country of Origin

Portugal

Suitable for vegetarians

Preparation and Usage

SINGLE USE

Package Type

Box

Other Information

Origin:
Product of Portugal

Importer:
Source Atlantique Inc.,
Englewood Cliffs,
NJ,
07632.

Additional Information:
Bags

3 Gallon* (11.4L)
*Fits up to 3-gallon (11.4L) pails

Dimensions:
1'5" x 1'3 1/3" x .63 mil
(43cm x 39cm x 16μm)

FSC - FSC® Mix, Packaging, FSC® C123344

OK Compost TŪV Austria - Home S0203
If You Care Certified Compostable Tall Kitchen Bags are compostable in backyard or home compost facilities.

OK Compost TŪV Austria - Industrial S0203
If You Care Certified Compostable Tall Kitchen Bags are compostable in commercial composting facilities and meet the standards of EN 13432. Appropriate facilities may not exist in your area.

Compostable 7P2127
If You Care Certified Compostable Tall Kitchen Bags are compostable in commercial composting facilities and meet the standards of EN 13432. Appropriate facilities may not exist in your area.

Product Lifecycle
Source Materials
Potato starch from non-GMO potatoes grown for starch, not food
Blended with certified fully compostable polymer
No plasticizers. Plasticizers migrate, which deteriorates mechanical properties of bags. We don't use them.
Box from 100% recycled board processed chlorine-free (PCF)

Environmental Benefits
No plasticizers, no polyethylene and 100% certified compostable
Potato starch from non-GMO potatoes grown only for starch - no diversion from food supplies
Potato starch uses less water than corn starch. No irrigation needed, only rainfall, and 40% less land is required to produce same quantity of starch from potatoes as from corn.

Disposal
Bags are 100% certified compostable, can be home composted
Bags can be composted in municipal or commercial compost facilities where available
Cardboard box should be recycled

Usage
Perfect for kitchen compost pails
Line compost pails with bags to collect food scraps and food waste
Use only for compostable waste
Bags along with food scraps can be composted

Brand

If You Care

This is an If You Care product. Learn more at ifyoucare.com or email us at info@ifyoucare.com

Why Use If You Care Certified Compostable Bags?
Approximately 80 million tons of waste (U.S. EPA figures) which goes to landfill annually is material which under the right conditions, can be turned into compost, including food scraps, yard trimmings and non-recyclable paper. In a landfill environment, this organic material (food scraps etc.) releases methane gas - a greenhouse gas - contributing to global warming. Diverting food scraps and yard trimmings from landfill to compost facilities - either municipal or commercial in areas where they are available - contributes significantly to preserving our planet and natural resources.

If You Care Certified Compostable Bags are made from 100% GMO free potato starch and a fully compostable polymer. These bags are completely polyethylene free and plasticizer free.

Manufacturer

Source Atlantique UK Ltd,
4 North Guildry Street,
Elgin,
UK,
IV30 1JR.

Return To Address

Source Atlantique UK Ltd,
4 North Guildry Street,
Elgin,
UK,
IV30 1JR.

Categories

Dietary & Lifestyle
Vegetarian
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If You Care

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16 February 2024 by Ports77

faulty

this was £10 and we cannot separate the bags which is rather annoying as can't use them.

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13 February 2024 by Honestmitten

Thumbs up for If You Care

Food waste is removed separately by our Local Authority every week and we have found these potato starch based bags with no plastizer to be strong (despite on occasions filling them with some quite heavy food waste) with no occurrence of splitting nor premature decomposition. A box of 30 bags generally lasts our family of four adults about three months. fly/maggot blight seemed to reduce since using them for the last year and this may be because the size of the bags ( a generous 11 litres) permit a good airtight knot to seal them before putting them into the Council Waste Food Mini Bins. We (previously used 7litre compositble bags and paper compostible bags- never again!) Will definitely be continuing with IYC.

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16 May 2023 by lulu_kastagnette

Quality and ethical product

These bags work just as well as other standard brands. They are compostable so if kept for long with leaking food they could break eventually (like after days and days of kept wet), nothing different from other brands. They are strong, really they rarely break with me, and the brand is much more ethical and eco friendly that cheaper ones. Been using for years, I recommend!

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02 November 2020 by Fendweller

not acceptable at all councils

As others have found, these start degrading at once and collapse quickly. The small print on the box states that not acceptable by all councils and South Cambs District Council refuses to take them - which meant going through the bin and emptying out the contents and putting the bags (now partly shredded) in the recycling bin - not a task to be repeated!!

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19 October 2020 by ephiesmum

Very strong if changed after 2-3 days

In contrast to other reviewers I've actually found these stronger than other makes. My household is mainly vegetarian and generates a lot of scraps so I do change them every 2-3 days. If you expect any compostable bag to last a week it probably won't, and the wetter the food waste the quicker the decomposition of the bag.

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21 September 2020 by Tara’s hubby

Decomposes too quickly

On the first two occasions, when lifting the week-old bag out of the bin, the bottom opened spilling the contents. A revolting clean-up job. Since then, I’ve learnt to double-bag, effectively doubling the price of the product.

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