The best eco-friendly bin bags for everyday use
Changing your bin bags from standard plastic bin liners to environmentally friendly alternatives is one of the best ways to reduce your plastic footprint.
With landfills overflowing with waste in non-biodegradable refuse sacks, it’s vital that anybody looking to boost their green credentials swap to bin bags that are harmless to the environment.
But it can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to changing to a more eco-friendly bin liner, so we’ve done the research for you and made a list of our top-five favourite refuse sacks:
1. Relevo 100% Recycled Bin Liners, Heavy Duty
The best thing about the Relevo bin liners is that as well as being biodegradable and therefore really environmentally friendly, they’re also made from recycled plastic! One pack of 60 Relevo bin bags is made from 1.3kg of plastic waste — pretty cool when it comes to cleaning up our planet!
With certifications from Blue Angel & PEFC, Relevo trash bags are a substantial environmental improvement over standard bags, and when you purchase you get the feel good factor that you’re helping to reduce plastic waste pollution.
And these bin bags are heavy duty — with 30 litres of capacity holding up to 25kg of waste without ripping — as well as being drip free, so you can be confident that they’re both good for the planet and can get the job done with no mess and no fuss.
Best for: cleaning up the planet with every purchase
2. Solution Green Biodegradable Bin Bags with Tie Handles
For those looking for 100% plastic free bin bags, look no further than Solution Green’s 30L fully compostable bin bags — ideal for a kitchen caddy liner or for general waste.
Made from all-natural resin derived from plants and corn starch, we love that these refuse sacks have both tie handles and come in a fully recyclable cardboard box with easy to open perforations for handy bin bag storage.
And Solution Green bags come in a range of sizes and types, from 6 litre capacity to 50 litres, so no matter what you need to use them for, you can be confident you can always be eco-friendly when it comes to managing your rubbish and waste.
These bags are compliant with EN13432 which means that every single bit of the bag is biodegradable and compostable, as well as having certification for both home and industrial composting.
You can use the bags in your garden’s compost heap as the bags will compost along with the rest of the organic materials.
Best for: being completely plastic free!
3. ECO WAVE 100% Biodegradable and Compostable Bin Liners
These bags, brought to us by Eco Wave, are also EN13432 certified – which is great for those lovers of composting, and anyone else that wants to be sure that the bin bags they’re using are fully biodegradable and environmentally friendly.
Unlike standard bin bags made from single use plastics, these refuse sacks won’t be hanging around for millenia — instead when they go to landfill or to compost, they’ll fully break down as they’re made from 100% organic materials.
And these bin liners come in a range of sizes, including 6L, 10L and 30L so that they can be used for almost anything, as well as useful tie handles.
We love that these trash bags also have TUV accreditation for home composting — so you can be confident that you’re using one of the most eco-friendly bin bags on the market, thanks to independent verification.
Best for: Home composting
4. Green Maker Compost Bin Liners Kitchen Food
These bin bags from Green Maker Environmental Protection come in a range of sizes, so you can use them for anything from the small kitchen caddy to your large general waste bin.
Created from corn starch, they are made from 100% naturally occurring materials and are therefore fully biodegradable and compostable — great for anyone looking to switch to a more eco-friendly alternative to standard plastic bin bags.
These are extra strong and leak proof, with a gathered base, so you can be sure they’re not going to mess up your kitchen — nor are they going to mess up the planet!
We love that they come in a range of sizes so you can be environmentally conscious regardless of your waste requirements.
Best for: coming in a range of sizes and options
5. Merve Pack Scented Eco Friendly Bin Bags
For anyone with extra smelly rubbish, these trash bags are not only super sustainable — made from 100% recycled plastic and also biodegradable — but they have a strong lavender scent that will cover up any odours in your home or office.
And, coming in 60L sacks, these can be used both indoor and outdoor — from kitchen leftovers to dog waste, and everything in between.
They also come with a really useful drawstring, to help avoid any spillages or garbage escaping from the sacks.
You can feel confident that these bags are both friendly on the nose, and friendly for the planet!
Best for: extra pungent waste
A summary of our top 5 eco friendly bin bags
1. Relevo 100% Recycled Bin Liners, Heavy Duty
2. Solution Green Biodegradable Bin Bags with Tie Handles
3. ECO WAVE 100% Biodegradable and Compostable Bin Liners
4. Green Maker Compost Bin Liners Kitchen Food
Our Conclusion
It’s imperative that as a society we move away from single use plastics to prevent the great plastic tide from taking over the planet.
The best way to do this is to stop using single-use plastics, and bin bags and liners are a great way we can have an immediate impact. Just think of how many bin bags of rubbish you throw away each week, month, and year!
The greenest bin bags we’d recommend are those made from 100% natural materials, so that they’re biodegradable and compostable. However, those made from recycled plastics that are also biodegradable are great as well, as they’re helping to reduce the amount of plastic waste that already exists.
Make sure that you’re not adding to the plastic pollution problem, by always using eco-friendly bin bags!
