People are doing their part these days to cut down on single-use plastics since they pollute the environment. Conscious shoppers take their own bags and use them to carry their purchases. Also, some countries around the world are banning singleuse plastics. But one plastic item that people use and throw out every day is still around—the single-use garbage bag.
In order to address this issue, environmentally friendly alternatives, including biodegradableand compostablebags, have been developed in recent years. However, in order for them to break down, both bags require a high-pressure and high-heat environment that landfillslack. Further, compostable bags in landfills release methane—another greenhouse gasthat is much stronger than CO2. Recently, some environmentalistshave proposed a new way to reduce plastic waste harming the environment: the TOMbag.
Two parents, Sasha and Johnathan Pestano, wanted to make sure they did all they could to help their daughter grow up in an environmentally-conscious home. The couple created TOMbag, a reusablebag made from recycled plastic that is an alternative to singleuse garbage bags. TOMbag is sturdy and washable so that a household can completely eliminate its use of disposablegarbage bags.
For about NT$1,000 and NT$1,500, depending on the size, people can buy a single bag for storing and transporting garbage.While this is a pretty high cost, people can use TOMbags for years, so the initialinvestment is reasonable. What’s more, when the bag reaches the end of its life, it can be returned to the company and be recycled. Customers will feel good knowing they are not adding to the plastic problem at all.
