Common questions ask from friends and customers are “What is Jute Bag” and “Why Jute Bag”? If you have a same question whenever you see an advertisement on the Jute Bag or just for your personal curiosity, you may want to read this article now.
Jute is a vegetable plant whose fibers are dried in long strips, grow mainly in warm and humid regions, such as Bangladesh, China and India. Jute is very strong and highly durable, 100% biodegradable(it degrades biologically in 1 to 2 years), hence cause no threat to the environment. In view that jute bag is make of a vegetable plant, it is durable and 100% biodegradable, therefore it is certainly more eco-friendly compare to using plastic bag.
On the other hand, a single plastic bag can take up to 1000 years to decay completely. It threatens not only our environment but also the animal life, mainly due to suffocation when the animals eat the plastic bags. Plastic bags are not bio-degradable. Hence, human may burn them up to get rid of the plastic bags. This will add on to another environment issues – air pollution!
How about using paper bag? Paper bag is mainly made of white paper and brown paper. They are bio-degradable and reusable. However, paper bag is not waterproof. Therefore, we may not want to use it for more heavily duty activities such as grocery shopping.
In short, jute bag is a better choice when comes to grocery shopping and to carry your personal belonging because it is more durable, eco-friendly and reusable. In addition, we can clean the jute bag if it is dirty. Why wait? Get yourself a jute bag for your grocery shopping today.
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References:
1. “6 Benefits of Eco-Friendly Jute Bag” Packingable
https://www.packingable.com/6-benefits-of-eco-friendly-jute-bags/
2. “Benefits of Jute Bag” Ecobags
https://ecobags.co.nz/benefits-of-jute-bags/
3. “Disadvantages of Plastic Bags” Lifestyle Lounge
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/disadvantages-of-plastic-bags-5207.html
4. “Advantages and Disadvantages of Paper Bags” Print Cosmo, 19 Aug 2019
https://medium.com/@printcosmo238/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-paper-bags-ed9144bb91b6