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ReSEAcled Dog Poo Bags – 16 Rolls, 240 Handle Tie Bags

£15.99

The ONLY dog poo bags that empower you to actively stop ocean-bound plastic with every use.

Did you know that most bio degradable poo bags aren’t suitable for anything but home composting? We didn’t. Upon checking, our own local council confirmed this. We shouldn’t be putting them in our organic waste bins, and they take a lot of material and power to create. Whilst we do home compost where possible, with 2 larger dogs, it’s not always practical. This is why we love these ReSEAcled poo bags, the first plastic negative ones in the world!

  • Award winning eco-friendly dog poo bags designed for general waste and dog poo bins. 
  • World’s first certified Plastic Negative poo bag by rePurpose Global.
    Each bag funds the collection and recycling of one bottle’s worth of ocean-bound plastic. This equates to removing 5 times more plastic from nature than used in the poo bags, giving them (and you!) a Plastic Negative footprint.
  • Made from 50% recycled plastic, 25% natural oyster shell waste and 25% polyethylene to ensure strength.
  • Waste-based poo bags are better for our planet.
    Stop creating new waste by choosing poo bags that re-use it! Reusing waste has clear evidence-based benefits, such as cutting carbon emissions, reducing energy use, conserving scarce resources and minimising waste sent to landfill and incineration.
  • Putting a sustainable waste stream to better use.
    Oysters are widely considered a sustainable food source, but millions of tonnes of waste shells are landfilled every year. Adding waste shells to poo bags reduces the use of fossil fuels and improves the sustainability of the aquaculture industry. Processing the shells also provides a livelihood for local communities.
  • Guided by science, not market trends.
    Compostable and biodegradable poo bags do not reliably breakdown as claimed, still contribute to microplastics and can be just as bad as normal plastic – especially if not disposed of correctly. Learn more below.

WINNER – Most Eco Friendly Pet Product 2023

Made of Recycled & Renewable Materials

Certified Plastic Negative

Until we have sustainable compostable poo bags that reliably biodegrade and the infrastructure to actually compost them, we don’t believe compostable (or biodegradable) poo bags can be considered ‘eco-friendly’. This is in line with expert advice (as also discussed on BBC Radio 4 podcast ‘Sliced Bread’).

Problems with Compostable & Biodegradable Poo Bags

Problems with their creation:
  1. Not “plant-based”. Whilst often marketed as such, they still contain 50 – 80% polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) a biodegradable polymer made of fossil fuels. Only a mere 15 – 30% of the poo bag consist of cornstarch / plant material.
  2. Still a plastic. While branded as “plastic-free”, these bags are in truth a type of plastic themselves – they are a “bioplastic”. They have the polymeric chemical structure of plastic. Any plant material used in its making has been chemically changed with other polymers added as above.
  3. Plant-based plastic currently relies on food crops (corn / sugarcane) so directly competes with human food production and demands large amounts of land, energy and water. These scarce resources should be used to feed people of the world who are already battling starvation.
  4. Some life cycle analyses indicate that plant-based plastic is the same, if not worse, than normal plastic, in terms of contributing to climate change, air pollution, ecotoxicity and energy use. This is mainly due to the industrial farming practices used to grow these crops, which undermines its potential sustainability.
Problems with their disposal:
  1. Not biodegrading or ending up where they should. We lack the infrastructure to collect and industrially compost dog poo and less than 5% of people compost at home. This means these bags go to landfill or incineration. In landfill, they do not breakdown properly and produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In incineration, they can produce more carcinogens than some types of normal plastic.
  2. Contributes to plastic pollution. These bags give people the false impression that they will quickly “break down” in any natural environment. But many studies show that biodegradable and compostable plastics often fail to biodegrade in real world environments, remaining intact for years before fragmenting into microplastics.
  3. Increases littering. Misleading messaging as above lead to many thinking the bags will breakdown if left in the environment, which they don’t.
  4. New research shows 60% of certified home compostable bags don’t reliably biodegrade in home compost, fragmenting into microplastics that could contaminate food plants.
  5. There’s a high level of customer confusion surrounding the terms biodegradable, degradable and compostable bags. Meaning the wrong bags may end up in the wrong place, where they will not breakdown.