BioBag liner 80L 82 x 105cm

BioBag bags and films are home compostable. Made from Mater-Bi – a starch-based bioplastic incorporating vegetable oils, cellulose, biodegradable polymers, and natural plasticisers. All crops are cultivated using sustainable farming practices and contain no palm oil or GMO ingredients.

Certified Home Compost to AS5810 and compostable to EN13432, ASTM D6400, and AS 4736. Biobags are even marine-safe and can be digested by animals (if accidentally consumed). BioBags are environmentally eco-friendly, compatible with and assimilate in all forms of organic waste processing technologies, including In-vessel or anaerobic digestion.

Compostable bin liners are particularly important for diverting waste from landfills. Any other liner will be plastic, so even if the contents are organic, the whole lot will end in landfill. Compostable liners however, help close the loop in the circular economy and enable the collection and removal of organic materials, like food scraps, from landfill. This is a critical enabler as landfills are typically 50% organics, which produce methane, toxic leachate, and unstable land conditions.

Organic recycling (e.g., composting or in-vessel digestion) is not to be confused with plastic recycling. Plastic recycling is uneconomic, so recycling schemes generally only last as long as their subsidies. Even if, at great cost, a plastic product is recycled, this will, at best, only be once! So, its end of life is still landfill, litter or pollution. While plastic can break into smaller pieces by exposure to environmental conditions, it is enduring, can become micro-plastics and does not biodegrade, so in reality, all plastic still ends life in landfill, litter or pollution.

As BioBags include plant materials, they have a limited ‘shelf life’. Life expectancy is about 18 months from manufacture (bags are printed with their production date). For this reason, it is best not to stockpile compostable bags. Best practice stock rotation is important, ‘first in, first out’. For larger bins, the contents can become very heavy, so rather than trying to lift full liners out, it is best to tie off the bag corners and tip the bin over. This allows air into the bin so the full liner can easily slide out.