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Me Mother Earth Cotton Mesh Produce Bags, 3 Pack

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Me Mother Earth

Me Mother Earth

Cotton Mesh Produce Bags, 3 Pack

Simple, all-natural produce bags that do the job film bags do, hundreds of times over.

1 / 10 Low plastic footprint $$

Three washable cotton produce bags with printed tare weights, replacing the thin film bags in the produce aisle.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Plastic-free
100% cotton mesh drawstring bags in three sizes with a wooden bead closure and tare-weight tags, in a kraft sleeve.
Microplastic shedding and leaching Doesn't shed
None; natural fiber shedding only
End of life: persistence and recovery Recovers well
Recyclable kraft paper sleeve (stated). Recyclable, repairable, or genuinely recovered; low persistence.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern No leaching concern
No PFAS, PTFE, BPA, or other leaching plastics in food or heat contact.
Transparency and verification Partly disclosed
Material and packaging disclosed; GOTS claim carries no license number

Strengths

  • All natural fiber with wooden closure bead
  • Tare weights printed for checkout
  • Paper-only packaging

Trade-offs

  • GOTS organic claim is not traceable to a license number in the public database
  • Drawstring fiber not separately itemized

What's inside

100% cotton mesh drawstring bags in three sizes with a wooden bead closure and tare-weight tags, in a kraft sleeve.

PartMaterial
Bags100% cotton (GOTS organic stated)
Drawstring beadWood
SleeveKraft paper

Free of Polyester, nylon, synthetic plastic-based materials (stated)

Packaging
Recyclable kraft paper sleeve (stated)
Microplastics
None; natural fiber shedding only

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

100% cotton (stated)GOTS organic cotton (stated, not registry-traceable)Tare weight on each tagKraft paper sleeve packaging

Certifications

None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.

About Me Mother Earth

Me Mother Earth is a small US zero-waste brand; it runs an affiliate program on Awin.

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Melissa Walker, founder of Thriving Sustainably

Hi, I’m Melissa-founder of Thriving Sustainably

Melissa Walker is the founder of Thriving Sustainably. A mom who started reading the labels after learning how much microplastic ends up in our bodies, she co-leads the environmental pillar of a Fortune 500 company’s employee sustainability program and rates brands against public certification databases so families can lower their microplastic exposure without the guesswork.