Qingdao Polytex Plastics Co., Ltd.

Throughout the world, about 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed and thrown away every year. These plastic tonne bags aren’t biodegradable. Instead of degrading, plastic bags go through a process called photo-degradation. When plastic bags photo-degrade, they break into small pieces, which contaminate soil and water. These tiny pieces end up in the food chain when animals eat them.

When PP woven bags end up in water, animals may mistake them for food. Once a plastic bag or piece of a plastic bag enters an animals’ digestive tract, it blocks the gastrointestinal system, causing the animal to starve to death. Hundreds of whales, dolphins, sea turtles and other animals die every year due to plastic bags.

If you have reusable shopping bags, you don’t contribute to the problem. However, it’s not that simple. You must pick up your reusable shopping bags carefully, because they’re not all the same. Where was the reusable bag made? If a reusable bag costs you no more than one dollar, why is it so cheap? Unless a worker can whip out a bag in about 5 seconds and have it sent to a grocery store on a magic carpet, there are some negative reasons for the cheap price of reusable shopping bags.

The other thing to consider when purchasing reusable grocery bags is what they look like. Many businesses offer inexpensive, reusable grocery woven polypropylene bags because they can use it as free advertising. Businesses want to get all of your patronage, but they know that you’ll go elsewhere for other things. So, they bank on you taking their reusable grocery bag to other stores.

Instead of buying a bunch of inexpensive, reusable grocery bags from the store that you shop at, consider buying a handful of aesthetically pleasing, high-quality bags that you really like. Buy bags from a trusted source that offers a sustainable product made from renewable materials. These high-quality bags will last significantly longer than the cheap one and you won’t be a walking advertisement for your grocery store.