Shopping bags decomposed in the sea More than 90% in half a year to water and carbon dioxide January 22 13:54
Amidst the problem of marine pollution caused by plastic garbage, a plastic bag made of plant-based resin and decomposed in the sea has been newly developed by a company in Shikoku Chuo City, Ehime Prefecture, and will be sold in July. To start.
This plastic shopping bag was developed jointly with Gunma University by Japan's largest plastic shopping bag maker, Fukusuke Kogyo, located in Shikoku-Chuo, Ehime Prefecture, and uses plant-based resins such as sugarcane and corn as raw materials.
It is a standard size distributed at supermarkets and has the strength to carry 8 kg of luggage. In the sea, more than 90% of bags are decomposed into water and carbon dioxide within 180 days by bacteria.
Unique know-how is used for the compounding ratio and molding process of materials, and we are currently applying for a marine biodegradation product to a Belgian certification body.
It is the first shopping bag in the world to be disassembled in the sea if certified.
As soon as possible, retailers nationwide will be required to pay for shopping bags, and sales will begin in July. The price will be 7 to 10 times that of conventional shopping bags, but there are already several It means that there is inquiries from companies.
Teruyuki Ohno, Fukusuke Kogyo's General Manager of Sales Operations, said, "I hope we can contribute to marine pollution control and benefit from management."