Biodegradable bags different sizes and biodegradable disposable gloves.

Sacchi biodegradabili diverse misure e guanti monouso biodegradabili.

Good morning, In the future it would be great to be able to find at the vegetable department The biodegradable plastic bags and why not even the disposable plastic gloves those you kindly make available for vegetables would become biodegradable . I personally buy the gloves for use at home and it would be great to have them biodegradable as well as found at European supermarkets . It would be interesting to find for sale A biodegradable line of bags with different sizes and disposable gloves . A biodegradable line like you already have but with other bag sizes and slightly more affordable prices . Thanks

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Sebastian_Migros

Hi @Bleniostar Thank you very much for your message. The environmental impact due to the production of bioplastics as a rule is much higher than that of ordinary plastic: the cultivation of the raw materials for bioplastics, usually corn or sugarcane, due to the use of pesticides, fertilization and irrigation (water consumption), generates significantly more emissions. The ecological balance is therefore worse than for conventional plastics. The almost more important issue, however, is that these raw materials rival the production of foodstuffs, a fact we think is irresponsible. Bioplastics, moreover, do not have the same packaging characteristics at all as conventional plastics. For example, to achieve tear strength comparable to that of conventional plastic bags, bioplastic bags must be roughly 30 percent thicker. Contrary to popular belief, much bioplastic packaging is not biodegradable or not sufficiently so. When all these disadvantages are considered from the ecological point of view, the environmental balance of bioplastics turns out to be negative. For this reason, Migros points to bioplastics only on the condition that they are really more environmentally friendly than the conventional plastic packaging used so far. For items and packaging that happen not to be disposed of properly (items with so-called high littering potential), bioplastics can still be a sensible solution, provided that they are biodegradable. Under these conditions the environmental damage it produces is less than conventional non-biodegradable plastic. But even so, proper disposal in waste remains very important. Sincerely Sebstian

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