| | |  | Waste Removal | Home » » » Green N Pack Eco Friendly 200-Count Green Dog Waste Bags, Pet Waste Litter Bags | | | | | | | Description: | | Green'N'Pack eco friendly products are designed to turn plastic into a material that has a completely different molecular structure that is bio-assimilated in the open environment, similar to the decomposition of a leaf. | | | Features: | |
• Each package includes a jumble roll of 200 bags
• Strong and durable enough for the task of picking up, yet at the same time, they are not made with unnecessary size or thickness
• 8" x 13", 0.7mil bag thickness, perfect for median-size dogs (less than 80lbs)
• Design to conform to ASTM D6954-04
• Green your dog, green our planet
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49 of 52 found the following review helpful:
 Does the job well, at a reasonable priceJun 04, 2010
By A. Stockdale
We raise guide dog puppies, and have a pet Lab of our own. With two dogs around the house most of the time, effective waste clean-up is a priority. We've tried recycling plastic shopping bags (too large, and they often have holes in them), and purchasing special-purpose dog waste bags from the local pet store (varying quality, not biodegradable, and kind of pricey). The best option we had found so far was dog waste bags from Ikea, which were reasonably priced ($1.99 for 50), but not biodegradable. Unfortunately, Ikea has discontinued the product, so we were back to looking for an acceptable solution. After looking at some of the alternatives (flushable bags, in particular), we decided to try these bags from Green Stuff Only.
Firstly, the price is hard to beat. If you look around, you'll see that it's hard to find bags for much under $.04 a bag. $5.99 for 200 is a very good price, and preferable to ordering thousands of bags to get a comparable price. Secondly, the quality of the bags is good. We're part way into our first box, and so far I have not had any issues separating a bag from the roll (no holes or tears, etc.), and no problem opening the bags. The plastic has that dry/rough feel that you associate with corn-based biodegradable plastic, and is green in colour, but otherwise seems very similar to the Ikea bags that we were using. Finally, the bag is a good size - I can turn it inside out over my large hand, and back again, without any issues. Without being gross, it holds enough.
My main concern was getting a "reliable" bag at a reasonable price, and these certainly fit the bill. The fact that they are biodegradable is an added bonus, although it's debatable whether they will get much chance to degrade when double bagged (per our local waste disposal recommendations) and buried in a landfill. I would definitely recommend these bags to others.
49 of 60 found the following review helpful:
Oxo BiodegradableMay 30, 2011
By Kenneth F. Anderson
"kfander"
Having read some of the other reviews here, I thought it important to discuss the nature of the plastic that these bags are made from. They are not biodegradable in the usual sense of the term, nor do they claim to be. They are, however, oxo biodegradable, and that's good enough for me. Oxo biodegradable plastic is polyolefin plastic with metal salts added to it. These salts speed up the natural degradation process, allowing the plastic to degrade into microfragments of plastic and metals that will remain in the environment, but in fragments that cannot be seen, shortening the degradation process from hundreds of years to a year or so, which approximates the amount of time that it takes for organic material to compost. Following that, biodegradation will continue to break the material down according to the micro-organisms in the environment. Oxo plastics will not degrade well in a landfill because the levels of oxygen are generally too low, but they will degrade rapidly in a compost pile, or if discarded into an open environment.
I am not an environmentalist in the sense that I favor more stringent government controls and price fixing intended to prevent human beings from living their lives in reasonable comfort, and because environmentalist policies generally work to deprive human beings of their rights and their comforts, while offering very little of value to the environment. However, I do care about the environment. I try to reduce the amount of trash that I contribute to landfills, and have cut by far more than half the volume of stuff that I discard into the regular trash.
The environment, as a whole, would be better served if we were to leave dog and cat excrement to remain where it was deposited, assuming the deed is done outdoors, than by collecting it into small plastic bags. Of course, as humans, we would rather not step on that stuff as we're walking about, so I am not suggesting we do that. Still, the very fact that we are in favor of collecting pet excrement in tiny little bags suggests that we are willing to compromise with the environment.
I have never had a dog, but I have cats, and I scoop the litter boxes more than once a day. I have always hated emptying this stuff into the trash. It has to be first collected into a sealable plastic bag in order to eliminate the problem of odors. The sealed bags are then deposited into a larger plastic bag inside the trash container, which is then transported to a collection area, where it eventually finds its way to a landfill somewhere. That seems so unnecessary, since there is nothing in the cat excrement or the clay-based cat litter which would do harm to the environment if it were deposited somewhere where people wouldn't have to smell it while it was composting. Outdoor cats generally bury it somewhere, which is fine, unless the chosen repository is someone's vegetable garden or child's sandbox.
My cats, even when they are outdoors, generally come back inside in order to use their litter box, which leaves the problem with me. I could scoop the stuff out of the litter box and dig little holes my yard in which to bury it, which is not only time consuming but it seems kind of silly, and my neighbors might talk.
I have long been scooping my cat litter boxes into dog poop bags, since they are the perfect size. In the past, I've been depositing these bags into my trash, to eventually find its way to the landfill, which increased the number of trash bags that I would have to transport to the collection place and seemed unnecessary, since the only thing that wasn't compostable was the bag that it was placed in.
Over the past few years, I have begun composting a large part of my household waste. Junk mail, newspapers, magazines, food packaging boxes, cardboard boxes, and all of my organic foods wastes have been going to a compost pile rather than to the landfill. Since I use my compost in order to build up the soil on my yard rather than for growing food, I can see no reason not to include cat wastes there as well, especially since I use three compost areas, allowing each to compost for three years before using it. In addition to a compost area in my back yard, I have one on a hundred acre plot of undeveloped land that I own. Since my land is a few hours away from my home, I spend time in the spring and summer on my land, and can compost there as well.
These bags are the perfect size to use in scooping cat litter. A slightly wider opening would improve the ease of scooping the litter into the bag somewhat, but it's not overly difficult to do so as it is. An average collection, since I have four cats, usually fits neatly into a bag, leaving enough room to tie it at the top. These bags are then added to my compost pile, to be collected as compost in three years. The type of plastic used in the bags will degrade through its own processes within a year, leaving two additional years for the micro-organisms in my compost pile to break it down further.
Genuinely biodegradable bags would be better yet but not so much so that I am willing to pay twenty dollars for a hundred bags. I have reduced my rating by one star for that, plus another star for the size of the bag openings. As long as the bags are not going to fit into the dog bag containers anyhow, why not make the openings larger?
Note: After using these for awhile and trying another brand of biodegradable bags, I am raising my rating from 3 to 4 stars for this item. The opening is wide enough once I got used to it, and they are really quite good.
Update, May 9, 2012: I have been using these bags for more than a year now, and am pleased with them. I have tried a couple of other brands but were less pleased with either of them, due mostly to price and ease-of-use issues. In the compost pile, the filled bags that I had added last spring and early summer appear to have fully degraded, for all practical purposes. Volunteer plants are growing through the cat litter that was enclosed by the bags, giving me every reason to believe that, at whatever point I decided to discontinue this compost site, it would not be long before no one would ever know that it had been a dumping ground for compostable waste.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Not biodegradable in the state of CA, so not good for environment!Mar 20, 2012
By Yevgenia
"L"
I am very careful in trying to buy the right poo bag to minimize my impact on the environment. Having bought other products at a great price just to find out that they are not truly decompostable, I now take extra time to research each product. I looked at the website for this seller and here's what I found:
California Disclaimer: We do not make any claims regarding our bags in terms of "biodegradable" or "degradable" or "decompostable" or in any way imply that the bags will break down in a landfill to any customer in the State of California. California has a specific ASTM6400 Standard for plastic bags.
It seems to me that BioBag is still the only way to go. It is more expensive, but still way cheaper on amazon than buying it in the store and the quality is very good.
I don't like to be misled as a consumer and I shouldn't have to go Green N Pack website in order to find the right information. I wish Amazon would post correct product description so that people can make educated decisions.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
False advertising: these are not biodegradableNov 13, 2010
By On The Road
These bags are recycled plastic and are not biodegradable. These bags are advertised as being "eco-friendly," but they are plastic manufactured in China, and I would bet the cardboard box they come in is not recycled. Disappointed I am using plastic again. Guess I should have known because of the cheap price.
20 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Beware of J-trend Systems products!!Nov 18, 2010
By mommyreview
So, I actually contacted this seller to ask them about the lifespan of these bags and was told I had about 6 months left on them. Had they been bought at their prime they would have lasted 2 years. Well, I purchased them last month and loll and behold they are already falling about into ity bity pieces of plastic. When I contacted them again via email (since no number was given on their website), my complaints went unanswered and they ignored me altogether. In the end, I had to contact Amazon for a refund.
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