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First 100% Compostable Chip Bags to Hit Shelves Soon

by , 03/18/10

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Frito-Lay has been working for a year now on developing and testing a biodegradable bag that will completely break down in an ordinary compost pile. The corn-based polymer chip bags are set to hit store shelves soon and can be expected to biodegrade in a backyard compost pile within 14 weeks. Right now, Frito-Lay is only rolling out the new bags under their Sun Chip brand, so don’t try throwing your Doritos bag into your compost bin — you’ll only have to fish it out later.

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8 Responses to “First 100% Compostable Chip Bags to Hit Shelves Soon”

  1. schleifnet schleifnet says:

    saw these on the shelf at target in metairie, la last night, just wonder if they cost more

  2. nconantj nconantj says:

    Cool, yet for me it’s rather old news. I work at a convience store on a college campus in the Rochester, NY area. SunChips have been in these bags for at least a month or more. BTW, you’ll KNOW when you have one… they are FAR louder than a traditional bag.

  3. hawkns hawkns says:

    Yeah, they are already on the shelves. Saw them at the local {shudder} Wal-Mart about a month ago.

  4. rhombus rhombus says:

    Found them here in Seattle, a friend bought them and threw the bag in the garbage but I caught it and put it into the city compost bin. I can confirm the crinkle is deafening.

  5. dianesmith5 dianesmith5 says:

    So I hope you will be expanding this new packaging in as many areas as possible such as garbage bags used in most every home, grocery bags, etc., etc. The time is right……way past due!

  6. Teun Teun says:

    Is this really the first 100% biodegradable bag…:http://www.sunchips.com/
    ?

  7. Erin Erin says:

    The company is also reaching out to the Earth Day Sustainability Fair at my university and will be coming out to introduce the bag, show how it composts, inform students about how they can compost, and also provide a warning about the loud noises it makes!

  8. [...] I’ve heard mixed messages about the compostability of packaging labelled biodegradable, I figured the only way to figure out what works and what doesn’t is to stop listening to [...]

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