If You Care Tall Kitchen Bags 12 ea

Quality with integrity. 13-gallon (49.2 l) size bags. Made from 100% GMO-free potato starch. No polyethylene or plastic. Certified home compostable. Healthy home. Healthy planet. Healthy you. Those are big promises, but you can't have one without the others, so here's our thinking. Like it or not, we are all intimately connected within our world. Choices we make affect us all, even the choice of products you use for cleaning. If you care about your choices, so do we. And when we care, we all benefit. Why use If You Care Certified Compostable Bags? About 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 waste and non-recyclable paper. In a landfill environment, this organic material releases methane - a greenhouse gas - contributing to global warming. Diverting food scraps and yard waste from landfill to compost facilities - either municipal or commercial - contributes significantly to preserving our planet and natural resources. BPI: Compostable. US Composting Council. TUV Austria: Ok compost - Home. Certified compostable. Product Lifecycle: Choosing our materials: Blended with certified fully compostable polymer. Starch from non-GMO starch potatoes grown for starch, not for food. No plasticizers, plasticizers migrate, which deteriorates mechanical properties of bags. We don't use them. Box from 100% recycled board processed chlorine-free (PCF). Supporting our world: 100% certified compostable; no plasticizers and no polyethylene 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 40% less land is required to produce same quantity of starch from potatoes as from corn. Caring for your home. Fits all standard tall kitchen 13-gallon pails. Use for compostable waste only. Bags along with food scraps can be composted. Completing the cycle. Bags are 100% certified compostable and can be home composted. Bags can be composted in municipal or commercial compost facilities where available. Cardboard box should be recycled. TUV Austria: Ok compost - Home. If You Care Certified Compostable Tall Kitchen Bags are compostable in backyard or home compost facilities. TUV Austria: Ok compost - Industrial. 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 composition facilities and meet the standards of EN 13432. Appropriate facilities may not exist in your area. BPI: If You Care Certified Compostable Tall Kitchen Bags meet the requirements of ASTM D6400 and will compost readily and safely in municipal or commercial composting facilities. These do not exist in all areas. Check to see if such facilities are available in your community. FSC: Mix - Packaging.