Puma's Clever Little Shopper
How often do you go shopping? How many plastic bags do you end up lugging around and stowing in some dusty cabinet at home? In our household, we tend to collect lots of plastic bags as they are often the default packaging that shops here use. We do try to make the best of the situation by re-using the plastic as trash bags, so we rarely have to buy trash bags. I know it is not the best solution, but it is better than throwing away all the "unused" plastic.
If Puma's new idea takes off, though, shopper might not be burdened by excess plastic bags anymore. While many shops have resorted to paper bags, Puma has decided to do something clever. Now I am not against paper bags ?I have my own collection as well?but this invention is pretty ingenious.
Puma is now using biodegradable shopping bags called Clever Little Shopper. The bag is made primarily from cornstarch, and all other materials are also 100 percent biodegradable. After use, the bag can be placed in a compost heap. The bag will then decompose naturally in the period of about three months. Now if you are not a very patient person, you can actually speed up the process by dissolving the bag in water!
There is the worrying idea of the bags melting away in rain, or perhaps water condensing on a cold bottle. The last thing that anyone wants is a melting bag with stuff falling all over the place! They say, however, that the bags will NOT dissolve in cold water and that hot water is needed for the material to disintegrate.
In any case, this could be one solution to the over use of plastic bags which only add to the problem of non-biodegradable waste.
PUMA Launches Clever Little Bag
After use, the bag can be placed in a compost heap. The bag will then decompose naturally in the period of about three months. Now if you are not a very patient person, you can actually speed up the process by dissolving the bag in water!
Who else is ready to preserve our environment? In addition to the manufacturing of the Clever Little Bag, PUMA will also fold its t-shirts one more time to reduce its packaging sizes! PUMA’s addicting, eco-friendly system, which includes this Clever Little Bag, will begin during the second half of 2011.
