A great way to promote your business is by placing your logo on plastic shopping bags. When the customers leave the store with the purchased goods, they will carry a bag with your logo printed. It's a great way to promote your store. An even greater way to promote your brand is with biodegradable plastic bags. Let's find out more about biodegradable bags in detail.

 What is Oxo-Biodegaradable Plastic?

Oxo-biodegradable plastics are made by mixing additives pro-degraded into the plastic during the extrusion process. Basically, the additive helps the molecular structure of the plastic breaks down when the bag is exposed to sunlight or heat. Finally, the plastic will be broken down into a state in which the microorganisms can digest it. Then, the plastic will degrade until it is left in the form of carbon dioxide, water and biomass.

Oxo-biodegradable plastics are often called "degradable" because the process does not require a biological process to degrade. Microorganisms will speed up the process, but they are not required for plastic bags to degrade back to their natural state.

Why are these bags good for promotions?

There is no difference between print quality, texture, or the strength of ordinary plastic and plastic oxo-bio. The bag is printed with a process called flexography. The expected shelf-life for this bag is a few years, depending on the amount of sunlight they are exposed to. Also, biodegradable plastic is recyclable, where others do not.

Basically, biodegradable bags are an insurance policy against litter. They work great as a promotional tool. If a business already put the merchandise in a plastic bag, it will benefit all the people to put the merchandise in plastic biodegradable bags. It's good for the environment, whether it is for sale, which is good for business. People will respect companies that use biodegradable plastic bags.