Every day to keep our house clean and hygienic, we use plastic to contain trash. But are all trash bags safe for health and environmentally friendly? Join Hanpak to learn about the types of environmental trash bags commonly used in life to make the right choice for yourself!
Black trash bags
Black garbage bags are currently the most popular type in many families today. The materials to make this type of bag are Polyethylene (PE) plastic beads and other additives. However, not all types of black trash bags can decompose on their own. Some types will not decompose into harmless substances, while others decompose very slowly in the natural environment.
Poor quality black garbage bags contain high levels of lead and cadmium during the production process, which can be harmful to human health, and can directly affect the brain and lungs.
In addition, formaldehyde or tributyltin in the paint used to print words on packaging is very dangerous for human health. These substances can penetrate the skin, leading to the risk of dangerous diseases.
Identifying characteristics of poor-quality black garbage bags that are harmful to health: rough surface, visible to the naked eye, many veins, impurities, foul smell, unpleasant odor, etc.
Colored plastic bags
Housewives often reuse large shopping bags when going to the market or supermarket to store household waste. These bags are made from High Concentration Polyethylene (HDPE).
Cheap bags of this type often have average transparency and surface gloss, poor flexibility, have a certain hardness, and are easy to fold. These bags often make a clear rustling noise when rubbed, so people call they are foam bags.
This type of plastic bag is usually quite thin, so when storing a lot of trash, it can tear easily. This type of bag is also not biodegradable, easily produces toxic substances that pollute the environment when burned and causes clogged drains if thrown indiscriminately.
These dyed bags also contain heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. If stored in processed foods, they will be harmful to human health.
Biodegradable trash bags
Biodegradable plastic bags are being sold very popularly in stores and supermarkets. The ingredients that make up this bag, in addition to microplastics (accounting for about 40-50%), also include other ingredients such as decomposable additives or some natural ingredients such as cornstarch, tapioca starch, wheat flour, Hanpak environmental trash bags are made from safe PE materials and bag products with diverse functions, odorless, flexible, and self-destructing.
Unlike regular nylon, which decomposes very slowly in the environment, taking hundreds of years, biodegradable bags can also decompose within a few years, causing little harm to the environment.
Besides, the material used to make biodegradable bags has natural ingredients, so it does not affect the user’s health. The price of biodegradable trash bags is not too expensive, many sizes fully meet all your family’s waste storage needs.
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