Biosak Eases Burden Of Plastic Garbage Bags On Landfills

The city of Calgary, along with many Canadian cities committed to reducing the amount of waste going to landfills. Today 80 percent of the waste from the city goes into the landfills and 20 percent is recycled, but through an innovative recycling program that they are 80/20 called in 2020, they plan to achieve a goal of turning that number of round and recycling or recovery of 80 percent of waste per reach in 2020.
A portion of the program includes the Leaf and Pumpkin Composting program that the city sees 32 participating depot locations and three city landfills collect over 2,000 tonnes of compost from leaves and pumpkins in the 6 week run each fall garbage removal Calgary.
This nutrient-rich soil booster will be used in various green spaces around the city. The compost material will also contribute to reducing greenhouse gases by keeping millions of pounds of organic material from our landfills. This information was found on the city of Calgary Web site and in particular their Leaf and Pumpkin Composting Program page. There is a link to this information at the end of this article.
Viable storage solution, the Environment
A visit to one of the collection sites of the city will show that the commitment to recycling and composting Calgarians, but raises the question whether there is a more viable means of storing and transporting the leaves and pumpkins. And the answer is a resounding YES!
One product in particular that stood out in a search for alternatives to plastic is Biosak, biodegradable and compostable bags for kitchen and garden waste.
Biosak compostable bags come in different shapes and sizes
There are several available and compostable plastic bags Biosak compostable bags are one of the best. Created by W. Ralston (Canada) Inc., is fully extruded, molded and packaged in Canada. The bags come in different sizes and features a container kitchen bags, paving container liners, compost and mulch sacks liners, bags for litter and small scooper bags for picking up after your dog on walks. You can Biosak kitchen bags at most retailers, such as Canadian Tire, Costco, Home Depot, Home Hardware, IGA, Superstore, Sobeys and Zellers. Get more information about these environmental option in the Biosak website.
Bio-plastic material derived from corn, a renewable resource
Biosak bags are made with a new generation of bio-plastic derived from corn, a renewable resource. The bag has an air-permeable material with which air moisture through the bag and at the same time watertight and waterproof.
When managed properly, compost sites will break most organic substances within 120 days. The Biosak bags also completely disappeared within 120 days without any plastic residue whatsoever in many cases the bags actually gone only five days