SKU: 770009250644 View all from If You Care > View more: Bins & Bags > Compost bin bags 12Litre 30pcs Food Waste 11.4 Litre 43x39cm biodegradable GFT bags - perfect for collecting food scraps and food waste for use with countertop compost bins; If You Care Compostable GFT bags are made from potato starch from non-GMO starch potatoes blended with a certified, fully compostable polymer. No plasticisers have been added. What makes potato starch strong? Starch is a mixture of a linear (amylose) and a branched (amylopectin) polymer of glucose. Potato starch has a higher percentage of amylopectin than corn or wheat starch. Amylopectin gives starch its structural integrity, so it helps make If You Care compostable bin bags stronger than bags made from corn starch. Any other reasons for potato starch? The potato starch used to make If You Care compostable bin bags comes from starch potatoes, which are not grown as a food source, but only for starch production. These potatoes contain too much starch to be good as food, so there is no withdrawal from the food supply. Furthermore, it takes 40% less land to produce the same amount of starch from these potatoes as it does from maize. Other compostable bags are made from maize, which requires more water, but potatoes do not require irrigation and only need normal rainfall. If You Care compostable bin bags are completely polyethylene free and contain no plasticisers. Available in two sizes: Food Waste 11.4 Litre - perfect for collecting food scraps and food waste for use with kitchen top compost bins; Tall Kitchen 49.2 Litre - can be used for compostable waste; fits all tall kitchen buckets of 50 litres Product specifications Compost bin bags - 11L - 11 Litre Item description Compost bin bags - 11L Item number 770009250644 Version 11 Litre Country of origin Finland Environmental information about Compost bin bags - 11L Why use If You Care compostable waste bags? Approximately 80 million tonnes of waste (US EPA figures) that goes to landfill each year is material that could be converted into compost under the right conditions, including food scraps, garden cuttings and non-recyclable paper. In landfill, this trapped organic material (leaves, grass clippings, etc.) releases methane gas - a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Diverting food scraps and garden cuttings from landfill to composting facilities - municipal or commercial in areas where available - contributes significantly to the preservation of our planet and its natural resources.