About our biodegradable bags

Custom Plastic Bags Direct uses an additive developed by ECM BioFilms, which when combined with the plastic we use to make our bags produces a plastic film that is biodegradable while retaining its strength and flexibility. The bags produced from this plastic when disposed of, are able to be metabolized into inert biomass by the communities of microorganisms commonly found almost everywhere on this planet.

This biodegradation process can take place aerobically and anaerobically. It can take place with or without the presence of light. These factors allow for biodegradation even in landfill conditions which are normally inconducive to any degradation.

Recognizing the environmental concerns related to plastics and the market potential, the corporate and scientific communities have long sought to develop degradable plastics. However, many people believe that the degradable plastics introduced to date possess several weaknesses that have prevented wide-spread acceptance in the marketplace. Photo-degradable products, for example, do not degrade in landfills due to the lack of sunlight (they are typically covered with another layer of trash before the degradation can occur). At the same time these photo-degradable products present difficult circumstances for storage before use due to their reactivity to light. Similarly, plastic products manufactured with high amounts cornstarch and cottonseed fillers fail to breakdown the molecular structure of the products' plastic components, are very expensive to manufacture, and often do not achieve the requisite physical properties.