New Greenish Ziploc evolve Bags

While we'd prefer to pack all of our lunchtime goodies in alternatives to plastic, like reusable sandwich bags, we can think of a few reasons we like having plastic zip bags around (most revolve around sheer convenience). Here's an option from Ziploc: their new evolve bags are touted as green!

The bags use 25 percent less plastic than their other Ziploc counterparts, are manufactured with approximately 50 percent reusable energy, and are packaged in 100 percent recycled cardboard boxes with at least 35 percent post-consumer content.

Not bad; though as one critic points out, it'd be more impressive if all of Ziploc's bags were manufactured this way, and not just one option offered for the green-hearted... But we'll take what we can get.

Think you'll pick some of these up at the store next time you're shopping? We're thinking they'd make a fine convenience option in the event that all of our reusable options are employed.

(Image of turbine: Flickr member skyseeker licensed under Creative Commons. Image of product: Ziploc.)

Comments (3)

I dont think being green is an option anymore...it is a necessity and a required way of life

posted by susrith on August 28th 2009 at 1:10pm
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so what did they replace that now-missing 25% with? corn starch maybe?

posted by mattiemay on August 28th 2009 at 3:30pm
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i very rarely use any plastic bags at all, but i would consider these if they actually would break down fairly quickly in a landfill. less plastic and less energy is great, but when are companies going to start making plastics that biodegrade quickly?

posted by amyrose13 on August 29th 2009 at 10:37am
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