Benefits of Using Eco-Friendly Retail Bags
Did you know that approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide annually? Extreme, right? This figure shows how people take advantage of using plastic bags.
Thus, in the earlier part of this blog, we’ve mentioned the negative impacts of plastics on the environment and pointed out some ways eco-bags alleviate these.
To add to the list, eco-friendly bags also help prevent excessive littering as consumers dump their plastic waste anywhere. However, if they use reusable bags, they are more likely to keep and use them again.
In addition, using eco-bags can prevent the buildup of greenhouse gases. Renewable materials, such as jute, cotton, and bamboo, have a quick growth rate so that the plants can be harvested, and new crops planted quickly.
Not just for the environment, using customized eco-friendly bags also helps decrease animal extinctions.
Did you know it takes 12 million barrels of oil to produce plastic bags annually for the US alone? And transport and disposal are not yet included in the figure. Therefore, businesses investing in eco-friendly bags contribute to less fossil fuel use, saving water, and promoting more sustainable resource distribution.
Likewise, it takes $4,000 USD to recycle one ton of plastic bags, creating a product that can be sold for $32. Plastic bags may be cheap and convenient but expensive to clean up. The money and taxpayer dollars spent on plastic bag cleanup could be much more beneficial elsewhere.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) allows businesses large and small to enact positive change. It’s when companies choose to do what’s right for their bottom line and to build customer trust.
Implementing zero-plastic in business indeed affects how consumers perceive the brand. They feel that when they use a product or service of a socially responsible company, they are doing their part. The more socially responsible the company, the more supportive its community and consumers become.
That said, businesses using eco-bags tend to get more customers than those that keep using toxic plastics.