Watch: Biodegradable bags are not truly biodegradable, new study says

Watch: Biodegradable bags are not truly biodegradable, new study says

The study examined the degradation of five plastic bag materials widely available from high street retailers in the UK.…
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10 Comments

  1. @savedfaves on August 21, 2025 at 5:12 pm

    Don’t feed the trolls/plastic industry stakeholders.

  2. @renenicholls8038 on August 21, 2025 at 5:13 pm

    Paper bags like america

  3. @gurunathpatil8629 on August 21, 2025 at 5:15 pm

    Envigreen

  4. @piyushkandalkar3337 on August 21, 2025 at 5:27 pm

    I don’t think these are Biodegradable bags.

    I am a manufacturer for biodegradable bags.
    Bags we manufacture are of no use after 8-10 months even if kept properly in the shelf in open environment. It loses strength and tear off with very little pressure. We kept the bag in soil and it started breaking down within a month.

    I dont know which bag they’ve used for experiment. It can be oxo-biodegradable bag. Which is made of 97% plastic and rest is enzymes. 100% biodegradable does not contain any part of plastic and are purely made of plant starch.

  5. @33hunting on August 21, 2025 at 5:27 pm

    The oil company is evil . It paid people to say bad things about biodegradable. This video is a lie.

  6. @jamaicafox on August 21, 2025 at 5:31 pm

    I’m bothered by the fact that she had no interest in wearing gloves during her excavations. That aside, I’m disappointed but not surprised that "biodegradable" is just another marketing ploy to get people interested in sustainability to buy certain products.

  7. @zahangiralam5307 on August 21, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    how i know you guys are true when lots of scientists show proved they making biodegradable plastic bag. you suppose to burn and show that will be plastic or ash.

  8. @andrefreelove676 on August 21, 2025 at 5:37 pm

    I wish my biodegradable bags for bio garbage were a little stronger. Little over a week and there’s already a hole on a bottom.
    2:36 and ofc, like everyone else, you’re waiting for someone else to do that for you.

  9. @diligenceenvirotech3003 on August 21, 2025 at 5:46 pm

    shut up

  10. @dwijgurram5490 on August 21, 2025 at 5:59 pm

    Good justification for single use plastics case.

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