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BioBag Standard Pet Waste Bags, 50 Count

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BioBag

BioBag

Standard Pet Waste Bags, 50 Count

The most transparent bioplastic option in pet waste. Still a plastic in use; composting infrastructure decides whether the compostable promise is kept.

4 / 10 Medium plastic footprint $

Compostable-resin pickup bags made of Novamont Mater-Bi, a disclosed starch and biopolyester blend. Honest disclosure, but a bioplastic film is still a plastic film.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Little plastic
Film made of Mater-Bi, a raw material BioBag describes as combining starch and vegetable oil derivatives with compostable and biodegradable polymers. Meets ASTM D6400 per the brand, suited to industrial composting where available.
Microplastic shedding and leaching Sheds a lot
Mater-Bi is a compostable bioplastic; outside industrial composting it can fragment like other plastics
End of life: persistence and recovery Persists somewhat
Retail box material not stated. Only partly recoverable; some of it persists.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern Some concern
Some plastic-contact chemistry is possible; see the notes.
Transparency and verification Partly disclosed
Resin identity fully disclosed; per-SKU certification only partly traceable

Strengths

  • Resin identity disclosed by name, rare in this category
  • ASTM D6400 compostability stated; BPI lists the company
  • Parent company Novamont is a registry-confirmed B Corp

Trade-offs

  • The US Standard pet SKU itself does not appear in the BPI product registry, only Canadian pet SKUs
  • Bioplastics fragment into microplastics outside proper composting

What's inside

Film made of Mater-Bi, a raw material BioBag describes as combining starch and vegetable oil derivatives with compostable and biodegradable polymers. Meets ASTM D6400 per the brand, suited to industrial composting where available.

PartMaterial
Bag filmMater-Bi starch/biopolyester compostable resin
Roll coreNot stated

Free of Conventional polyethylene

Packaging
Retail box material not stated
Microplastics
Mater-Bi is a compostable bioplastic; outside industrial composting it can fragment like other plastics

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

Mater-Bi starch-based bioplastic (disclosed)ASTM D6400 (stated)BPI listed for Canada pet SKUs onlyParent company Novamont is a certified B Corp (registry confirmed)

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 BioBag

BioBag is a Novamont Group company making certified compostable bags; Novamont is a certified B Corporation.

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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.