Environmental friendly trash bags?

Question

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!

Answer 1

you can get enviromentally friendly bags made from cornstarch plastic however... do to the lack of oxygen in the dump the bag won't compost... nor will anything else

Answer 2

Yup

There are several brands of biodegradable "plastic" bags available for trash etc

The bags have a limited life but otherwise function absolutely fine (ie they don't fall to pieces when you use them)

If your local store doesn'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