Plastic Free July is about considering your impact and making small steps towards living more lightly. It’s not about being perfectly zero-waste - for most of us that sets an unrealistic expectation - but there are lots of easy things...
It’s July already! And for those of us concerned with protecting our planet that means taking the Plastic Free July challenge. But it’s not just for hardcore eco warriors – a massive 250 million people worldwide took part in Plastic...
Like so many others, the unprecedented COVID-19 lockdown has impacted our business. Now we’re cleaning house and a couple of our retail bag lines are priced to clear! Small compostable retail bags and large recycled retail bags are both on sale now...
According to the latest Colmar Brunton research roughly half of kiwi households are now composting some of their organic and/or food waste. That’s great news. And when you consider that almost half of a typical household’s waste is organic matter...
In this challenging time it’s great to share some good news. The latest Fairtrade International Monitoring Report has been released and it includes some promising stats. We’re pleased see a 39% increase in sales of Fairtrade cotton. Even better, farmers...
While this national lockdown which we’ve found ourselves in may be inconvenient, it’s not all bad. There have been a few surprising side effects. We’ve slowed down and avoided the frenetic pace of our usual busy lives. We found new...
Here at Ecobags NZ our intention is to create plastic alternatives, and sustainable packaging solutions, so that we can all be the change. We’re working towards a zero-waste philosophy but, we’re realists so, we acknowledge that our company (and our...
The popularity of plastic alternatives is booming. All at once we’re seeing new products hit the market, increased competition, widespread use of green marketing, and even misinformation regarding the eco credentials of compostable products. So, here are the facts… ‘Normal’...
Compost watch: do corn-starch bags really break down in your backyard compost? For many of us the concept of using compostable bags, made with corn-starch, is fairly new. But most of us are all for making the transition from traditional...
