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Recycled, Recyclable, Degradable, Biodegradable & Compostable: What's the Difference?

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Igingle has been asked about environmental questions all the time.  Are your bags recyclable? Are they biodegradable?  Today we will througly explain all the detailed knowledge to help you get better understanding.

The first type,recycled. The -ed form means that this kind of bags are not made of new materials. The bags are produced by reprocessing other recyclable plastics. Generally plastics can be cycled 4-6 times , some may be less.  But we can guatantee that all the Igingle recycled bags can be cycled at least 3 times. Then you may want ask, what products exactly on your store are recycled? The poly mailers , background color except black and white, are all recycled products.

The second type,recyclable.Which means this kind of bags can be cycle use.The materials can be new materials or used ones. All Igingle plastic shopping bags are recyclable. And the material for our plastic shopping bags is new material.
The third type, degradable. This kind is the most annoying bags. It can partially decomposed into the soil.  There will be a lot of plastic debris left in soil ,affecting the environment,and it is very hard to strip from soil. This type of bags can not cycle use, and have the most impacts on environment. Most non-woven bags are such products. 
The forth type,biodegradable. This kind of bags will completely decomposed both naturally or being buried under soil , will not affect the environment. The raw material is corn starch, the decomposition time is about 2-3 years.

The fifth type , compostable.  The bags can be compost fertilizer.Put these used bags into the composting equipment and make the fertilizer back to our nature. The decomposition time is about 6 months.  Igingle can produce not only biodegradable but also compostable bags at MOQ 10,000pcs.
We still on process developing that biodegradable and compostable bags. Since the glue on the poly mailers is not biodegradable, we have been thinking and researching to slove this problem quickly.

Hope you can understand the environmental questions about the bags clearly after reading this article. 

If you have any questions please contact us.

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