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While it may sound like an unappetizing Plastic
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pudding recipe, these 100% edible bags made on
from tapioca, potatoes and other organic Jun 5,
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materials are one solution to our worlds Climate
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banning the sale of plastic bags. Just last News,
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plastic bag ban in the US. This ban followed in

the footsteps of many US cities which have
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In India, several states and cities have also

banned plastic. In an article from The Better
India, Hegde said that he hopes his
environmentally friendly bags will provide an
alternative to people in India who might not be
able to aord cloth bags to carry their
groceries.

According to Hegde, the bags cost less money

to manufacture than cloth bags, and only
slightly more than plastic. Times of India
reports Hegde is aiming to start bringing the
bags to stores in India starting January 2017.

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SUE on December 10, 2016 at 1:38 pm

it does sound very interesting but it does not say

anything about pricing of the bags and who will
eat up the cost of the bags. will a person
shopping in a store have to purchase the bay and
can it be reused how many times. How durable is
it like at the Wal-Marts the blue bags they have
are wonderful I dont know what they are made
of but they are very durable you can even wash

them and hang them out to dry is what I do and

reuse them. now you have to purchase things
from Walmart so they are not free but they are
worth it and all these has bags to that are just as
great you buy them and you can use them just
about forever no plastic

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Graham on December 11, 2016 at 4:08 am

Yes it does mention pricing is just a little
more than plastic, but does that matter to
the 100,000 creatures killed per year by
plastic bags?
What do you mean by ending with no
plastics.

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Maura on December 11, 2016 at 10:38 am

????

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Linda on December 10, 2016 at 11:34 pm

This is wonderful news. Finally. Thank you so
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This is wonderful news. Finally. Thank you so
much for inventing these! Please bring them to
Canada as quickly as you can!

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Bonnie Knight on December 11, 2016 at 1:52 am

These bags sound wonderful! I hope they come to
San Francisco, California. I do use cloth shopping
bags when I think ahead, but it would be terric

to have a biodegradable plastic both for shopping

in the rain and shopping at a store when I do not
have my cloth bags with me.

Re the commenter praising Walmart bags, I would

never shop at Walmart. To quote the Corporate
Research Project, Walmart has been at the
center of controversies over its low wages,
overtime pay abuses, meager employee benets,
gender discrimination, negative impact on small
business, immense dealings with China, tax
avoidance and much more. Their union-busting
practices border on human rights violations.

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Gillian on December 15, 2016 at 10:51 am

Great comment, Bonnie Knight. I

absolutely agree.

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Vivek Sharma on December 11, 2016 at 4:21 am

When will they come to India? Where to procure

them?

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kathy on December 11, 2016 at 7:18 am

Goodness Thailand needs these and in small
sizes to put all the food and sauces you get at the
local food/meal market. What if hot liquid curry
was put in them? Will they melt or biodegrade too
quickly before I get home to eat it. Thinking
positive- really want them to be a viable
alternative- thanks for trying

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Kathleen on December 11, 2016 at 11:11 am

Do you have a distributor in California? Please let

me k ow as I would love to distribute see these
for you! Im a huge environmentalist and Regional
Manager of a top sales force. These would be a
hit!

Thank you for creating these!

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Ashwath on December 16, 2016 at 7:10 pm

Email us oce@envigreen.in

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